This trial looks increasingly likely to be first to threaten Trump with jail: columnist

As Donald Trump fights four legal cases while running for president, he's clearly hoping an electoral victory will shield him from accountability. According to MSNBC's Jordan Rubin, there's no guarantee that Trump will face trial before the 2024 election, but if he does, many are wondering which case will go to trial first.

As Rubin points out, Trump D.C. election interference case has a trial date set for March, but that could be pushed back as the former president appeals rulings over claims that he's immune to prosecution.

His classified documents case in Florida is set for May, but the trial has a judge "who seems amenable to delay," write Rubin.

His Georgia election interference case has a large number of defendants and no trial date set. And his New York hush money case has a March date for trial but is "available for adjustment."

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"If the federal election interference case is sufficiently tied up on appeal, Trump’s 34 felony counts of falsifying business records could be the first charges tested in court. It was the first of the four criminal cases to be indicted, after all," Rubin writes.

The trial involves claims that Trump arranged for adult move actress Stormy Daniels to be paid in exchange for keeping quiet about an affair the pair had.

Read the full op-ed over at MSNBC.