Good evening, I'm Jeff Bennett.

And I'm Amna Navas on the NewsHour tonight.

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Welcome to the news hour, March 4th, 2024.

That is the tentative date former President Donald Trump will face trial for federal

charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

It's the result of a net time's contentious hearing today where Donald Trump's attorneys

sparred with special counsel Jack Smith's prosecutors and judge Tanya Chutkin.

NPR justice correspondent Carrie Johnson was in the room for the proceedings.

And she joins us now.

Carrie, it's always great to see you.

So the federal judge has set March 4th, 2024 as the trial date in Donald Trump's election

interference case.

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