“Yesterday, the Court conducted a hearing on the defendants’ motion to adjourn trial, in which defendant Trump claimed that trial in this matter should be delayed in part because ‘[t]he March 4, 2024 trial date in the District of Columbia, and the underlying schedule in that case, currently require President Trump and his lawyers to be in two places at once.’ Defendant Trump’s counsel reiterated that argument during the hearing yesterday. However, defendant Trump’s counsel failed to disclose at the hearing that they were planning to file – and yesterday evening did file – the attached motion to stay the proceedings in the District of Columbia until their motion to dismiss the indictment based on presidential immunity is ‘fully resolved.’ As the Government argued to the Court yesterday, the trial date in the District of Columbia case should not be a determinative factor in the Court’s decision whether to modify the dates in this matter. Defendant Trump’s actions in the hours following the hearing in this case illustrate the point and confirm his overriding interest in delaying both trials at any cost. This Court should allow itself to be manipulated in this fashion,” writes Justice Department national security division chief Jay Bratt to Florida MAGA Judge Aileen Cannon.

On Wednesday disgraced former President Trump’s lawyers in DC filed a motion seeking a stay in his post-2020 election coup attempt trial until his “presidential immunity” scam can be resolved. On the same day Cannon told the parties in the classified documents theft case that she’s probably going to end up pushing back the start of the trial there, almost certainly past the 2024 election.