Special counsel proposes January 2024 trial date in Trump election case

Filing sets aggressive timeline with 2 January 2024 trial date but ex-president's lawyers are expected to seek delay

Federal prosecutors asked the judge overseeing the criminal case against Donald Trump over his efforts to subvert the 2020 election to schedule the trial for the start of January 2024, saying there was a significant public interest in expediting the prosecution.

The written filing from prosecutors in the office of the special counsel Jack Smith set an aggressive timetable that Trump's lawyers are expected to seek to substantially delay, according to a person close to the former president.