Former President Donald Trump faces several trials and court hearings ahead of the 2024 election, including two related to the 2020 election.
A recent decision by the courts saw Trump's lawyers accuse the prosecution of interfering with the 2024 election and also acting the same way the fictional character “The Grinch” does.
What Happened: An upcoming trial that accuses Trump of attempting to overthrow the 2020 presidential election is one of several cases on the schedule for the former president ahead of the 2024 election.
While Trump's lawyers have tried to argue the president is immune from prosecution, the prosecution is looking to speed up the trial.
Trump's lawyers have argued that an attempt to speed up the case could interfere with the 2024 election, according to the Associated Press.
"The prosecution has one goal in the case: To unlawfully attempt to try, convict, and sentence President Trump before an election in which he is likely to defeat President Biden," Trump's lawyers wrote. "This represents a blatant attempt to interfere with the 2024 presidential election and to disenfranchise the tens of millions of voters who support President Trump's candidacy."
The latest update comes as the trial is scheduled to start on March 4, 2024, which comes the day before Super Tuesday, a date in which several states are holding primary elections.
Trump's team previously asked to delay the trial until 2026, which could benefit the former president. If he were elected president in 2024, some believe he would be able to dismiss federal cases against himself.
In its latest complaint about the timeline of the court, Trump's lawyers said they would have to work through the holiday season. That could hurt their travel plans and time with family, they say.
The Supreme Court has said they will move quickly to decide if they will hear the case. Trump’s lawyers must respond by Dec. 20.
Citing one of the most famous Christmas characters of all time, Trump's lawyers sought to make the prosecution, including Special Counsel Jack Smith, in the case the bad guys.
"It is as if the Special Counsel growled, with his Grinch fingers nervously drumming, ‘I must find some way to keep Christmas from coming… But how?'" the lawyers wrote, citing the children's story "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."
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Why It's Important: The 1957 book by Dr. Seuss saw the fictional character the Grinch steal Christmas from the town of Whoville. Today, the term Grinch is often used to describe someone who doesn't like Christmas or the holiday seasons.
The story was turned into several movie adaptations, including the famous 1966 cartoon and most recently into an animated 2018 film from Comcast Corporation CMCSA unit Illumination, with Benedict Cumberbatch voicing the Grinch.
Coincidentally, a courtroom sketch of Trump in April drew comparisons to The Grinch, according to Newsweek.
A decision by Trump to cancel a White House party for the press in 2018 also drew comparisons that Trump was showing "Grinch-like behavior,” as reported by USA Today.
Trump's schedule and the 2024 election have become major sticking points for his packed calendar of court cases. Trump has four different criminal prosecutions.
The former president also faces a civil fraud trial against The Trump Organization, in which he testified. Trump's lawyers in that case have pushed for an early verdict in the case, which is currently scheduled to have closing arguments on Jan. 11 and a final decision made by Judge Arthur Engoron by the end of January.
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