Master Calendar of Trump Court Dates: Criminal and Civil Cases – Just Security
by Norman L. Eisen, Ryan Goodman, Siven Watt, Samara Angel and Beth Markman
October 2, 2023
2020 presidential election, 2024 Presidential Election, criminal trial, election interference, Georgia (U.S. State), Litigation, Mar-a-Lago, Mark Meadows, Special Counsel Jack Smith
by Norman L. Eisen, Ryan Goodman, Siven Watt, Samara Angel and Beth Markman
October 2, 2023
First published on September 5, 2023, last updated on October 2, 2023
Following a series of recent court developments, former President Donald Trump’s 2023-24 legal schedule is coming into focus, as is his political one. In the calendar below, we capture significant events in both domains—and how they interrelate.
The busy legal schedule includes cases in which Trump is a criminal or civil defendant. The first major date is Monday, October 2, 2023, with New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil fraud lawsuit. The trials then cascade throughout 2024, starting with the second E. Jean Carroll case in January and reaching a crescendo with the federal election interference trial in DC in March, followed by the federal classified documents trial in Florida in May.
Perceptions of the former president and his conduct will also be shaped by other major cases in which his co-defendants are going to trial, likely without him. One example is the speedy trial set at attorneys Ken Chesebro and Sidney Powell’s request in the Fulton County election interference case, which is now scheduled for late October 2023 and will be nationally televised if it remains in state court (as now appears overwhelmingly likely with the failure of efforts by others to remove the case).
As if that active legal schedule were not enough, it will all transpire alongside the election calendar with the primary season beginning in early 2024. We are publishing this calendar to track both the legal and political milestones and to understand the interaction of the case schedules with each other and with the political dates.
While the full calendar tracks hundreds of events, here are the top 12 legal and political dates we have identified as of now:
Turning to the full calendar below, it is largely self-explanatory for readers who simply want to dive in. However, the following keys allow readers to make maximum use of the information it contains.
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For those who are checking our calendar frequently, and simply want to know what the most recent updates are since the prior version we published, those updates are listed below. We intend to periodically update the calendar as the legal schedules continue to evolve. We welcome readers’ feedback and additional information at (email address).
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Please note that all times are in EST.
Most recent calendar updates as of October 2, 2023:
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The Calendar is available in two formats: As a standalone PDF (click here) and as a Scribd document below.
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Ambassador Norman Eisen (ret.) (@NormEisen) served in the White House as special counsel and special assistant to the president for ethics and government reform and as ambassador to the Czech Republic under President Barack Obama, as well as special counsel to the House Judiciary Committee from 2019–20, including for the first impeachment and trial of President Donald Trump.
Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) is co-editor-in-chief of Just Security and Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Professor of Law at New York University School of Law.
Siven Watt (@SivenWatt) is a Legal Fellow at Just Security.
Samara Angel (@Samara_Angel_) is a senior research and communications assistant in the Governance Studies program at the Brookings Institution.
Beth Markman is a summer 2023 intern at The Brookings Institution and a rising senior at Yale, where she is majoring in political science and sociology.
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