Strange move. All the legal analysts I’ve seen discuss this have said he wanted to speed things up as much as possible while Trump had every incentive to delay it until well after the election.
Agree, it is a surprising move with my limited trial strategy knowledge.
Even many Freepers here on this site with no legal background were saying there was no way in hell the trial would start in August. We were basing that on our own experience with the legal system.
I have news for y’all, too … this trial ain’t starting four months later, either.