The recent uptick in late-night filings from lawyers for Donald Trump seeking trial delays is a sign that the former president is growing increasingly worried thaat he could be saddled with more than one criminal conviction on his record going into the 2024 presidential election — should be the GOP nominee.
In her Substack column, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance noted that legal maneuvering by Trump's multiple legal teams are designed to throw up roadblocks that the respective judges in each jurisdiction are required to consider before filing a response.
That, in turn, creates delays at a time when the clock is ticking as trials in Washington D.C. and Georgia are rapidly approaching.
POLL: Should Trump be allowed to run for office?
According to Vance, "The real question is, how long it will take the appellate courts to sort this out? The clock is ticking, and Trump is increasingly transparent about his desperation to delay his criminal trials until after the election."
She added, "While the appeal of the gag order shouldn’t slow things down, what’s coming behind it are the four motions to dismiss Trump has filed (presidential immunity plus three others, which we will take up next week), some of which he can appeal before trial if he loses. With the gag order, Trump has asked the court to decide a motion in a week. It’s certain that if he returns to the appellate court seeking rulings on some of those motions, he’ll be content to see the courts take up as much time as possible, and preferably until after election day in 2024, to render their decision and return the case for trial."
"Delay when it helps him, speed when it harms him. Certainly the courts can see through that?" she suggested.
She added, "Each of these developments — the trial schedule in D.C., the appeal of the gag order in that case, and the Special Counsel’s decision to push hard on Judge Cannon to avoid being sucker-punched by Trump’s lawyers’ maneuvering will be highly significant to the outcome of these trials."
You can read more here.
