{"id":1455044,"date":"2024-02-02T20:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T01:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1455044"},"modified":"2024-02-02T20:45:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T01:45:00","slug":"trump-election-case-now-on-hold-for-50-days-amid-immunity-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/trump-election-case-now-on-hold-for-50-days-amid-immunity-appeal\/1455044\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Election Case Now On Hold For 50 Days Amid Immunity Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump Election Case Now On Hold For 50 Days Amid Immunity Appeal<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times<\/a> (emphasis ours),<\/em><\/p>\n

Former President Donald Trump\u2019s federal election case has been on hold for 50 days as he appeals to a higher court on grounds that he is immune from prosecution.<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Left) Special counsel Jack Smith in Washington on Aug. 1, 2023. (Right) Former President Donald Trump. (Drew Angerer\/Getty Images; David Dee Delgado\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

On Dec. 13, 2023, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a pause in the election case in Washington and has signaled, on at least two occasions, that the March trial date that was scheduled last year will likely not hold.<\/strong> The judge also halted the submission of any major motions by President Trump\u2019s attorneys and federal prosecutors.<\/p>\n

The case will not resume until the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals resolves the question of whether the former president is immune from criminal prosecution. His attorneys have argued that this is because his activity after the 2020 election was part of his official duties.<\/p>\n

When the appeals court, which hasn\u2019t signaled when it will issue an order, renders its decision, President Trump will likely appeal the matter to the U.S. Supreme Court. If that happens, it\u2019s not clear when the election case will resume.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe timing of a decision by the panel will indeed be a critical determinant of whether the case can go forward expeditiously<\/strong>, Daniel Richman, a Columbia University law professor, told Politico this week. \u201cQuite a few stars would have to align before the trial can proceed<\/strong>,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Matthew Seligman, a former appeals court law clerk who filed a separate court motion in the immunity case, told the outlet that it\u2019s not clear when the D.C. appeals court will issue a decision. There\u2019s no sign that \u201cwe\u2019re really close to a point where the judges in the majority would consider taking whatever measures they could \u2026 and it\u2019s not clear what those are,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

D.C. Appeals Court Judge Karen Henderson, the senior judge on the panel, has said she opposes taking the immunity case on an expedited timelin<\/strong>e. She also has the right to write the majority opinion if she is part of the majority, as she is the most senior judge on the panel. If she dissents, the judge could also delay the ruling for weeks, the article noted.<\/p>\n

Other Activity<\/h2>\n

In January, Judge Chutkan signaled<\/a> for a second time that there is a good chance the Trump trial date will likely be postponed to a later date. In a case involving a Jan. 6 defendant, she scheduled a trial for that individual for early April.<\/p>\n

Special prosecutor Jack Smith, who brought the charges against the former president, has said<\/a> that President Trump\u2019s trial will likely take four to six weeks to complete,<\/strong> meaning that the March 4 date will very likely push up against or even conflict with the Jan. 6 defendant\u2019s trial.<\/p>\n

Weeks before that order, the U.S. district judge wrote that the March 4 date was meant to provide both the Trump team and the Smith team with more time to prepare. She also adopted President Trump\u2019s lawyers\u2019 recommendations to prevent both the defense and prosecution from issuing new \u201cfurther substantive pretrial motions without first seeking leave from the court\u201d and that the former president \u201cforfeits no arguments or rights by choosing not to respond at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Judge Chutkan wrote in January that the Trump team could file more objections to any recent court motions made by the special counsel, even if the D.C. Court of Appeals sends the case back to her jurisdiction.<\/p>\n

Several weeks ago, multiple legal analysts said that the March 4 trial start appears to be unlikely at that point<\/strong>. One, a former federal prosecutor, has said it appears unlikely that the trial will start before the November 2024 election due to the appeals process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat process will take months, and unless Judge Chutkan lifts the stay, there is a possibility that Trump\u2019s trial does not happen before the November election. The other trial scheduled in April is a reflection of that reality,\u201d Neama Rahmani, the head of West Coast Trial Lawyers, said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors acknowledged in December that the case had been paused, but they said the government would \u201ccontinue to meet its own deadlines as previously determined\u201d by the court \u201cto promote the prompt resumption of the pretrial schedule\u201d if and when the case returns to Judge Chutkan.<\/p>\n

President Trump is accused of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, which he has vehemently denied. It is one of four criminal cases the Republican candidate is facing as he vies to return to the White House this year.<\/p>\n

He has pleaded not guilty to the four cases against him, arguing that the charges were brought to denigrate him politically.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He also faces a civil lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James and was recently ordered by a jury to pay writer E. Jean Carroll $83 million in a defamation case she brought against him. President Trump also denied the accusations made in that case.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nFri, 02\/02\/2024 – 15:45<\/span><\/p>\n

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