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Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
US prosecutors & lawyers for #Trump will return to federal court on Aug 16 to decide how his #2020election #obstruction case can proceed after #SCOTUS ruled last month that presidents have broad #immunity from prosecution.

US District Judge Tanya #Chutkan set the hearing in Washington after the #SupremeCourt returned the case to her control on Friday.

#law #legal #criminal #conspiracy#ElectionInterference#TrumpTrial#Extremism#DomesticTerrorism#MAGA#Insurrection#Jan6#NationalSecurity

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Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
#SCOTUS on July 1 ruled 6-3 along ideological lines that #Trump & other presidents are absolutely #immune from #prosecution when carrying out their core constitutional powers, but can face #trial for private conduct or for official acts under narrow exceptions to be hammered out by lower courts. Judge #Chutkan now must decide which if any of Trump’s efforts to overturn the #2020election while president may be prosecutable.
#law #criminal#ElectionInterference #conspiracy#Jan6#Insurrection
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Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
However, a trial will not be possible before his November #election matchup against MVP #Harris …because whatever the judge decides is expected to wind up back before #SCOTUS next year.

#Legal analysts noted that nearly 5 weeks after the #SupremeCourt issued its landmark decision in Trump v. United States, some of the urgency that once drove the #ElectionInterference case has dissipated.

#law #criminal#ElectionInterference #conspiracy#TrumpTrial#Jan6#Insurrection#NationalSecurity

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
“There’s no point in haste now, because there’s no way to do the #trial now before the #election,” fmr federal prosecutor & George Washington University #law professor Randall Eliason said. If #Trump wins in Nov & returns to the White House in Jan, his #DOJ would be expected to drop the case, & he could not be prosecuted while in office anyway.
“If he loses, there will be plenty of time to do a trial next year & get all the issues right,” Eliason said.

#criminal#ElectionInterference#Jan6