Judge postpones Trump’s trial on charges of plotting to overturn 2020 election

The move creates an opening for a separate case in New York, charging Mr Trump in connection with hush money payments to a porn actress, to proceed first.

Former US president Donald Trump (Alex Brandon/AP)

A federal judge in Washington has formally postponed the March trial of former US president Donald Trump on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, as a key legal appeal of his continues to work its way through the courts.

US District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday vacated the March 4 trial date in the case brought by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, but did not set a new one.