(Reuters) - Donald Trump faces a crowded calendar this year as the Republican former president campaigns to win back the White House in the U.S. election while defending himself in four criminal cases.
Here are key dates in Trump's legal and political schedule:
APRIL 22
Prosecutors and Trump's defense attorneys make their opening statements in a New York state criminal trial in which Trump is accused of falsifying business records to cover up a hush-money payment to a porn star before the 2016 presidential election.
This trial, which is expected to run through May, is the only one of Trump's four criminal cases that is guaranteed to start before the Nov. 5 election.
APRIL 25
The Supreme Court holds a hearing to consider Trump's claim that he can't be prosecuted for actions he took as president.
Legal experts say the court is likely to reject his argument, but its decision to take up the matter means the federal election-subversion case, originally scheduled for early March, now might not take place until after the election.
Experts say the court would need to issue a decision by early June to leave enough time for the trial to wrap up before Election Day. If Trump were to win back the White House, he would have the power to end the two criminal cases being prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department, but not the two state cases.
The court, which holds a 6-3 conservative majority, ruled on March 4 that states can't bar Trump from their ballots on the grounds that he incited an insurrection by encouraging his supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
MAY 20
Scheduled trial date for a federal criminal case in Florida that charges Trump with mishandling classified documents after he left office.
The trial is not expected to actually begin on this day, as the judge is still considering legal challenges by Trump's lawyers.
Prosecutors have proposed a July trial, while Trump's lawyers have floated an August date while arguing that it should not take place before the election.
LATE MAY
Trump's New York criminal trial is expected to wrap up around this time.
JUNE 4
The final Republican presidential primaries take place.
END OF JUNE
The Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision on Trump's immunity claim by this date.
JULY 15-18
Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where the party formally chooses its candidate. Trump has already won enough delegates to clinch the nomination.
UNDETERMINED
Trial dates have not yet been set for Trump's two other criminal cases.
The federal election-subversion case is on hold pending Supreme Court review.
Another election subversion case in Georgia has likewise been sidetracked for several months, as Trump's lawyers argued Fulton County Prosecutor Fani Willis should be removed for having an affair with a lawyer she hired for the case.
The judge ruled that Willis could stay on the case as long as the other lawyer resigned, but Trump has appealed that decision.
NOV. 5
Election Day