The unprecedented — a former U.S. president indicted, and whereas working for the workplace once more — has now occurred 4 instances. Next up will likely be a presidential candidate happening trial. Possibly 4 instances.

We don’t but know the timelines for all of the trials, and the preliminary dates we’ve got for a few of them should change. But it’s already clear that throughout the board, prosecutors are looking for to maneuver rapidly.

Extraordinary although the prospect is, it’s fully throughout the realm of chance that Donald J. Trump might stand trial 4 instances earlier than the presidential election on Nov. 5, 2024 — and need to leave the campaign trail every time.

Justice Juan M. Merchan, who’s presiding over the state case in New York regarding hush-money funds to a pornography actress, has scheduled a trial to start March 25, 2024. If that date holds, it might be just below a yr after the indictment in that case.

Judge Aileen M. Cannon, who’s presiding over the federal case regarding Mr. Trump’s retention of categorized paperwork, has scheduled a trial to start May 20, 2024 — once more, just below a yr after indictment. Judge Cannon rejected the federal government’s request to carry the trial sooner, in December, but in addition rejected the Trump group’s push to delay the proceedings till after the 2024 election.

The dates for the opposite two trials — within the federal case regarding Mr. Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, for which he was indicted on Aug. 1, and now within the Georgia case — are nonetheless to be decided.

Jack Smith, the particular counsel overseeing that federal case, has proposed Jan. 2, 2024, for the opening of the trial. That could be simply two weeks earlier than the Iowa presidential caucuses.

Fani T. Willis, the prosecutor within the Georgia case, indicated on Monday that she would search a trial inside six months of the indictment, which might imply no later than mid-February 2024 — smack in the course of the early primaries.

There’s no assure that the judges in these circumstances will comply with these requests.