Democrat says court dates clashing with Trump’s campaign schedule is unfair

Ro Khanna says if Trump is Republican nominee, trials should not compromise the ability to have a robust campaign schedule'

Assuming Donald Trump clinches the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, it would be unfair for any court dates associated with the former president's pending criminal charges to compromise [his] ability to have a robust campaign schedule", the Democratic US congressman Ro Khanna has said.

Khanna's remarks on Tuesday - in an interview with the conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt - might be surprising to some, given his credentials as a leading progressive voice in the House. Khanna was the former co-chairperson of the liberal US senator Bernie Sanders's campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination that Joe Biden ultimately secured.