Arizona judge sets 2026 trial date for Trump allies' election subversion case

Several Trump allies including Mark Meadows and Rudy Giuliani will stand trial on Jan. 5, 2026, on charges they conspired to subvert Arizona’s 2020 presidential election results, a judge said Monday.  

The trial date falls just one day short of what will be the five-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, where a mob of Trump supporters — emboldened by his false claims of election fraud — stormed the Capitol as the election certification was underway.

Meadows, the ex-White House chief of staff...