DC Circuit Court Judge Timothy Kelly on Thursday paused the ongoing seditious conspiracy trial of the Proud Boys’ leadership to hold a hearing, Politico’s Kyle Cheney reports, while noting it comes a day after the Boys indicated they may try to subpoena fat former President Trump to testify.
Kelly scheduled the next day of the trial proceedings for Monday. It’s not clear what was supposed to happen on Friday, as in if it was already a day off or if Kelly is now blocking off two whole days to figure the (possible) Trump subpoena attempt out. We’re in the dark on the likelihood of success for such a move, as we have no prior example of the fat bastard being subpoenaed to testify in a trial. Assuming the judge even allows the defendants to try it, the safe bet is that Trump would fight it all the way to the Supreme Court, taking months, probably even years, to resolve in the middle of a trial that was supposed to last weeks. That’s quite a lot of standing back and standing by.