"AG Merrick Garland Urges 'Speedy Trial' for Trump Amid 2024 Election Concerns"

Attorney General Merrick Garland agrees that there should be "speedy trials" in the federal cases against former President Donald Trump, but emphasized that the trial dates will be determined by the courts. Special counsel Jack Smith and his prosecutors have been pushing for the trials to take place as soon as possible ahead of the 2024 presidential election, while Trump and his legal team have been trying to delay the court proceedings. The trials for the 2020 election interference case and the mishandling of classified documents case are currently scheduled to begin in March and May, respectively, but could be postponed due to legal challenges.