Donald Trump urged the judge in his federal election subversion case to set his trial for April earlier this month he cited a landmark Supreme Court decision concerning the infamous Scottsboro Boys cases to bolster his argument that special counsel Jack Smith is not giving him enough time to prepare a defense . US District Judge Tanya Chutkan scheduled the trial for March during a hearing Monday she made her distaste for the comparison clear . The judge pointed out how different the facts are between a case concerning Trumps efforts to cling to power following his election loss and one of the most highprofile race cases of the century in which nine Black youths were falsely accused of raping two White women on a train . The group were put through extremely fast trials that ended with death sentences for most of them that were all later reversed . The trial will start three years one month and days after the events of January . The decision to reference the Supreme Court case also faced stinging criticism from outside the courtroom . Former California Superior Court Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell told s Kaitlan Collins on s The Source Monday night that the comparison was absurdly stupid . Trump on the other hand is represented by a team of zealous experienced attorneys and has the resources necessary to efficiently review the discovery and investigate the case . Trump is represented with the resources needed to properly review and investigate and investigate . The president has pleaded not guilty. The trial may use other avenues to use other legal avenues to impact this case however however . The case may have other avenues however . He has said he would not be able to use this case. The judge said he will not be allowed to use the trial to impact the other . to impact other avenues . to appeal the trial . The jury will not
Trump cited the ‘Scottsboro Boys’ case when he asked for a 2026
