Experts believe so donald trump‘s criminal case can drag on and overlap with the Presidential Race 2024.

What happened: The former president – who is one of the presidential candidates in the 2024 election – is unlikely to appear in court for several months as he faces confrontation 34 charges of tampering with business records, reported The Washington Post.

The report added that although the judge oversees Trump’s criminal case has expressed his desire for the matter to be dealt with expeditiously due to the inertia of the New York court system and Trump’s propensity to seek shifts in legal mattersExperts assume that it can drag on.

Joe Tacopina, one of Trump’s lawyers, said he doesn’t expect any significant developments before July. “It’s going to be a long time before anything happens,” Tacopina said, adding, “We’re going to be methodical.”

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Trump’s lawyers have until August to object to the case against him that he is accused of Hush money payments to an adult movie star ahead of the 2016 presidential election to silence her over a past affair. According to the report, these court filings could match the first Republican main debate of the seasonwhich is also planned for August.

According to advisors close to Trump, the former US President is scheduled to attend town hall meetings on Thursday. He also plans to travel to Nashville next week to address the issue Major donor to the Republican Party and will attend the annual National Rifle Association convention in Indianapolis.

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