The trial is scheduled for March 4, 2024. Special Counsel Smith has also charged Trump with four federal felonies in connection with his attempt to remain in power after losing the 2020 election. Trump, “believing he had won” the election, encouraged his followers to stop the certification of election results at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. If found guilty of these charges, it will give him substantial legal standing to have him removed from the ballots.