Trump’s Court Date Officially Set
Former President Donald Trump’s federal election interference case has resumed, with U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan scheduling a status conference to move the proceedings forward. The judge, based in Washington, D.C., has requested that Trump’s legal team and government prosecutors attend a court session on August 16. This meeting is intended to lay the groundwork for the trial now that Judge Chutkan has reassumed jurisdiction over the case, following a hiatus last December due to Trump’s appeals regarding claims of presidential immunity.
In a recent order, Chutkan instructed both parties to collaborate and submit a status report by August 9, 2024, which should propose a timeline for pretrial activities. Notably, Trump’s presence is not mandatory for the August 16 session.
The same order saw Chutkan reject Trump’s request to dismiss the case based on statutory arguments. However, she permitted Trump to file another dismissal motion once the immunity issues have been addressed.
The case was returned to Judge Chutkan by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday. This move follows a Supreme Court ruling last month that presidents cannot be prosecuted for criminal acts performed during their time in office. Chutkan will now need to apply this Supreme Court decision to the charges brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith, who has accused Trump of four counts related to attempts to overturn the 2020 election results. These charges include conspiracy to defraud the United States. Prosecutors allege that Trump’s actions, including pressuring state and local officials, contributed to the events of January 6, 2021, when a riot erupted at the U.S. Capitol.
Chutkan will also need to consider whether the Supreme Court’s decision on obstruction of an official proceeding, a charge that has affected many January 6 participants, will impact Trump’s case. Additionally, there is the recent development of U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissing Smith’s classified documents case in Florida, which she ruled was based on an improper appointment of the special counsel.
Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing, and given the current timeline, it seems unlikely that the trial will commence before the November election.
Kamala is so ignorant she probably believes she is smarter than Trump. This bitch will totally destroy America if she is elected
I agree w/ you 100%!
This IGNORANT CHILDISH FRAUD thinks she is going to intimidate TRUMP.
By her “comments” she has the mentality of a grammar-school BRAT.
The ONLY ones that will vote for HER are COMMUNISTS, illegal aliens, school children, and uneducated, uninformed Blacks, that think she is “one of them” because they vote color of skin, not content of character.
Mark my words my friends, the “RACE CARD” will be played over and over again, if Trump says any TRUTH and facts the COMMUNISTS don’t like.
I agree w/ you as well & at 100%!!
Bwahahahhahahahahaha! This reminds me of the field mouse standing on it’s back legs upright with it’s chest puffed out and boldly giving the finger to the Owl as it is about to sink it’s talons into it and fly away.