09/05/2024

Proceedings Set to Resume in Trump's Jan. 6 Case

The case was originally set to go to trial in March

After 11 months of delays, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., is scheduled to hold a hearing today that could determine the trajectory of former president Donald Trump's election interference case.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is expected to consider competing proposals for how the case should proceed following the Supreme Court's recent ruling granting broad immunity for official acts taken by presidents.

Thursday's hearing will mark the first time lawyers for Trump and special counsel Jack Smith set foot in Chutkan's courtroom since last fall. Trump's lawyers successfully delayed the case -- which was originally set to go to trial in March -- by appealing their claim of presidential immunity to the Supreme Court, whose ruling dramatically altered the legal landscape for the former president.

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