Not So Fast

Is Trump Using His Co-Defendant To Stall The MAL Trial? https://t.co/Lfq9rOx7vh via @TPM

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 6, 2023

Not very well, no.

Approx. 30 minutes from now, Walt Nauta is set to be arraigned before magistrate judge Torres.

At the last hearing, Torres said that today would be Nauta’s “drop-dead deadline” to find local counsel.

Yet as of 9:38 a.m. EST, Nauta still has no counsel of record on the docket. https://t.co/5u2UFk6QWs

— Anna Bower (@AnnaBower) July 6, 2023

"Drop-dead" deadlines have a way of being effective.

And there it is: Walt Nauta found local counsel.

(Dadan has not yet filed a notice of appearance on his behalf.) https://t.co/QdIYSMbJif

— Anna Bower (@AnnaBower) July 6, 2023

Besides, there are many more procedural obstacles to a trial than Trump’s weak foot-dragging on securing counsel for his co-defendant.

'Save the tape': Legal expert predicts Trump trials won't happen until primaries beginhttps://t.co/BeX6f1HNc9

— Raw Story (@RawStory) July 6, 2023