The witness stand inside a Concord courtroom later this year could host some of the most powerful figures in New Hampshire government, past and present: from former Gov. Chris Sununu and Attorney General John Formella, to Supreme Court Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald and three other sitting justices.

That is, unless a judge grants their request to block their participation in the high profile trial of New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi. The trial revolves around accusations that Hantz Marconi attempted to improperly influence Sununu to curtail a criminal investigation into her husband, Geno Marconi, the state’s longtime ports director.

On Thursday, a superior court judge agreed to delay the start of trial, which had been planned for September, as lawyer

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