(FILES) A Trump supporter holds up a sign as people wait for a verdict in the criminal trial of former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, in Collect Pond Park across the street from Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. Prosecutors and Donald Trump's lawyers sparred in court on September 5, 2024, over setting a calendar for the former president's trial on charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election he lost to Joe Biden. The contentious hearing in a downtown Washington courtroom was the first held by US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan since she regained control over the historic case a month ago. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)