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- Trump's attorneys unsuccessfully sought to move the federal election interference trial to 2026.
- His team cited Powell v. Alabama, the SCOTUS ruling that guarantees a defendant "reasonable time" to obtain counsel.
- Harvard professor Dehlia Umunna told The Post that the Trump team citing the "Scottsboro Boys" case was "unbelievably juvenile."
When former President Donald Trump's attorneys sought to push the ex-president's federal election interference trial to April 2026, they cited the landmark Supreme Court case regarding the infamous convictions of the "Scottsboro Boys" — nine young Black men falsly accused of raping two white women.