Former Federal Prosecutor Neal Katyal "Officially Freaking Out" That Trump Jan. 6 Trial Won't Happen before Election

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Former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal told MSNBC on Sunday that it is "a real problem" that Donald Trump's court cases are being delayed. Former assistant U.S. attorney Andrew Weissmann agreed that "the delay is allowing him to essentially win the battle."

Trump's case in Washington D.C. regarding the events surrounding January 6 was supposed to begin on March 4 but has been indefinitely delayed.

"Justice delayed is justice denied," Katyal said. "I can't imagine a more compelling need for speed than the idea that American citizens deserve to know before the election whether a candidate for office is a felon and an insurrectionist."

"There is no responsible constitutional scholar who thinks Donald Trump is right, that there is an absolute immunity, that a president can go in, order Navy SEAL Team Six to go murder his political opponent, and then go and murder the senators who would try him for impeachment. That cannot possibly be right."

"I'm really worried that this delay is going to put the trial past June. It’s possible that Trump will try and go to the Supreme Court after he loses in the Court of Appeals. That can take months. This is a real problem," he said. .....
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