Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith’s team on Monday responded to fat former President Trump’s proposal for an April 2026 start date in his trial on charges related to his failed post-2020 election coup attempt, writing such a delay “would deny the public its right to a speedy trial, the defendant cites inapposite statistics and cases, overstates the amount of new and non-duplicative discovery, and exaggerates the challenge of reviewing it effectively.”