The New Yorker:

Trump must now operate with two calendars in mind—the court’s and the campaign’s—and so must much of the machinery of American politics.

By Amy Davidson Sorkin 

On December 15, 2015, Donald Trump and eight other Republicans contending for their party’s Presidential nomination met for their fifth debate, in Las Vegas. Trump set the tone, both with his bullying of Jeb Bush and in the discussion of his call, a week earlier, for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” Rather than recoiling, his opponents tended to express understanding for Trump’s perspective, while claiming they’d be more effective: Ted Cruz wanted a narrower ban; Ben Carson wanted government surveillance of mosques and supermarkets; Carly Fiorina wanted private companies to help with the spying. Rand Paul managed to warn people who supported Trump, “Think—do you believe in the Constitution?” Five years later, Paul was insinuating that Democrats had stolen the 2020 election from Trump.

On December 4, 2023, Trump is due to be in a courtroom in Manhattan, for a pretrial hearing in the criminal case that Alvin Bragg, the New York County District Attorney, has brought against him on thirty-four counts of falsifying business records in the first degree—a felony. Trump will also likely be preparing for what will be the fifth G.O.P. debate of this Presidential cycle, at a venue to be determined. The Republican National Committee recently announced that the first debate will take place in August, in Milwaukee. The exact date has not been set, but the R.N.C. might note that Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over Trump’s case, has given his lawyers until August 8th to file preliminary motions, which could include such matters as a request for a change of venue or for a dismissal.

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