Trump lawyers spar with prosecutors over election case calendar,...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : Trump waived his right to be present at Thursday's hearing, which was intended to lay out a schedule for proceedings going forward, and his lawyers entered a not-guilty plea to the four charges he is facing.
40% : Trump was originally scheduled to go on trial on March 4, but that was put on hold while his lawyers pushed his immunity claim up to the Supreme Court.
36% : Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a new indictment of Trump last week that retains the original four charges but takes into account the Supreme Court ruling.
33% : The new indictment retains the same core as the original one, stating that Trump lost in 2020 but "was determined to remain in power" and attempted to subvert the results of the election.
29% : Trump also faces charges in Georgia related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
27% : Special counsel Jack SmithTrump was convicted in New York in May of 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels, who alleged she had a sexual encounter with the real estate tycoon.
25% : Proceedings were effectively frozen for months while Trump, the Republican candidate in November's White House election, argued that a former president should be immune from criminal prosecution.
18% : Trump is also accused of seeking to disenfranchise US voters with his false claims that he won the 2020 election.
13% : Former president Donald Trump is charged with conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential electionLauro argued that if conversations between Trump and his then vice president Mike Pence were ruled to be immune then the entire case should be dismissed.
10% : Trump is accused of conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding -- the January 6, 2021, joint session of Congress that was violently attacked by Trump supporters.

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