Attorney John Lauro, who is representing former President Trump, suggested Wednesday that he wants to move the trial on his client’s alleged efforts to over the results of the 2020 election until after the 2024 election.
In an interview with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie on “Today,” Lauro said that that it was “absurd” that Justice Department (DOJ) special counsel Jack Smith wants to see a “speedy trial” for Trump, who is slated to be arraigned Thursday. He noted that “a speedy trial is a defendant’s right,” saying that Trump should be given the opportunity to “get a hold of all the evidence and understand what the facts are.”