Looming Trump trials are throwing judges into an election maelstrom
CNN
Judges are being forced into an unprecedented and perilous spot in the middle of an already tempestuous presidential campaign because of rising acrimony over the criminal trials of Donald Trump.
Prosecutors pushing for speedy trials and the ex-president's defense team's attempts to delay his days in court until after the November 2024 election are setting up a series of critical decisions for jurists in highly politicized cases.
And an ominous alleged threat to a federal judge revealed Wednesday night showed how hazardous the collision of the judiciary and campaign politics could become in a unique election season likely to feature multiple trials of the front-running GOP candidate.
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