The judge has to begin sorting out which parts of the indictment of the former president must be tossed out because of a Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. She’s seeking input on how to do it.
A federal judge in Washington is hearing arguments about the potential next steps in the federal election subversion prosecution of Donald Trump.
After months of delays, a federal judge is set to hold a hearing Thursday that could determine the trajectory of former President Trump's election interference case.
Lawyers for Donald Trump and special counsel Jack Smith will be before Judge Tanya Chutkan on Thursday, the first hearing in the federal election subversion case since prosecutors revised their indictment to try to bring their case in line with a Supreme Court ruling extending to Trump some presidential immunity in the prosecution.
The case is one of two federal prosecutions against Trump. The other, charging him with illegally hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, was dismissed in July by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who said Smith's appointment as special counsel was unlawful.
A federal judge has scheduled next steps in Donald Trump's election interference case. It will not go to trial before the November election.
In a hearing marked by moments of tension and humor, Trump and Justice Department lawyers clashed over how the federal election interference case against the former president should proceed.
A lawyer for Donald Trump has clashed with the judge in the federal election interference prosecution of the former president after suggesting the government was rushing forward with an “illegitimate” indictment at the height of the White
NBC News' Ken Dilanian and Lisa Rubin report on the developments in a hearing for the election interference case against former President Trump and why the judge overseeing the case has not set a new trial date yet.
Trump's federal election interference case in Washington is moving forward again after a lengthy delay at the US Supreme Court
Judge Juan M. Merchan, who is also weighing a defense request to overturn the verdict on immunity grounds, delayed the sentencing until Nov. 26.