Within 15 days of arraignment, the prosecution must turn over all the evidence gathered as part of the investigation known as “discovery" to the defense team. That includes the minutes from the grand jury process, the testimony from every witness. law enforcement notes of anyone interviewed even if they didn’t testify in front of the grand jury, every exhibit put in front of the grand jury to substantiate the charges in the indictment and other records prosecutors obtained through subpoenas.
Trump’s defense team has already said it will quickly file motions in court to get the case dismissed. Generally, the defense side has 45 days to make motions after arraignment.
Trump has already floated the idea of filing a motion to transfer the case out of Manhattan. Motions to transfer venue are rarely granted, and the defense team would need to convince the judge that Trump can’t get a fair trial in the city because of pretrial publicity.
Other motions might hinge on arguments about the statute of limitations’ having expired, the nature of the charges involving federal campaign violations or other attacks on the sufficiency of the evidence.
The “speedy trial” rule in New York says prosecutors must be ready to try a felony case within six months. Former prosecutors familiar with trying criminal cases in New York predict this case is likely to take much, much longer to reach trial, if it gets that far.
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