Former U.S. President Donald Trump faces a tangled calendar in the year ahead as he seeks the 2024 Republican nomination while trying to fend off four criminal and three civil trials, some related to his attempts to overturn his 2020 loss.
Here are key dates in Trump's legal and political schedule:
AUG. 23, 2023
First Republican presidential debate. Trump has qualified but has not yet said whether he will participate.
AUG. 25, 2023
Deadline for Trump and other defendants to surrender to Fulton County authorities in the Georgia racketeering case, which charges them with engaging in a wide-ranging plot to reverse his 2020 defeat.
SEPT. 27, 2023
Second Republican presidential debate.
OCT. 2, 2023
Start of a state civil trial in Manhattan, in which New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking at least $250 million from Trump, his business and his adult sons for allegedly lying about the value of his assets to get better terms from lenders and insurers. James is also seeking to stop the Trumps from running businesses in New York.
JAN. 2, 2024
U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith's proposed trial date in the federal case charging Trump with illegally trying to reverse his 2020 election loss. Trump's lawyers are expected to push for a later start.
JAN. 15, 2024
Start of a federal civil trial in Manhattan, in which writer E. Jean Carroll is seeking at least $10 million from Trump for defamation. Carroll has already won $5 million from Trump for defamation and sexual assault. Trump is appealing that verdict.
JAN. 15, 2024
The Republican state-by-state nominating contest begins with caucuses in Iowa. New Hampshire is expected to hold the first primary shortly after, though a date has not been set.
JAN. 29, 2024
Federal class-action trial starts in Manhattan, accusing Trump and his company of participating in an illegal pyramid scheme.
FEB. 8, 2024
Nevada Republican presidential caucuses
MID-FEBRUARY, 2024
Fulton County prosecutor Fani Willis has said she will try to have the Georgia trial start around this time, though Trump's team is expected to push for a later date.
FEB. 24, 2024
South Carolina Republican presidential primary
MARCH 5, 2024
"Super Tuesday," in which 14 state presidential primaries take place. This event often whittles down the primary field to a handful of candidates.
MARCH 25, 2024
Scheduled start of a New York criminal trial, in which Trump is accused of falsifying business records to cover up a hush-money payment to a porn star before the 2016 presidential election.
MAY 20, 2024
Scheduled start of a federal criminal trial in Miami, in which Trump is charged with unlawfully keeping classified government documents after leaving office and lying to officials who sought to recover them.
JUNE 4, 2024
The final presidential primaries are scheduled to take place, in five states. Some states have not yet set their primary or caucus dates.
JULY 15-18, 2024
Republican National Convention, where the party formally chooses its candidate.
NOV. 5, 2024
Election Day
(Reporting by Andy Sullivan; Editing by Scott Malone and Deepa Babington)
