US EditionTrump election subversion case returned to trial judge following Supreme Court opinion
- The criminal case against Former President Donald Trump related to the 2020 election was returned to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan after a Supreme Court opinion limited the prosecution's scope.
- Judge Chutkan must determine which acts in the indictment are official acts and which are not, affecting the case's outcome.
- The Supreme Court's ruling may significantly weaken Special Counsel Jack Smith's case by granting Trump sweeping immunity for official acts as president.
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Trump 2020 election subversion case to resume following immunity ruling
The U.S. criminal case accusing Donald Trump of illegally trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat resumed after a nearly eight-month pause on Friday, with the judge left to decide how to proceed after the Supreme Court's immunity ruling.
'Here we go!' Trump's 2020 election fraud case officially lands back with Judge Chutkan
Washington, D.C. District Court Justice Tanya Chutkan was re-handed Donald Trump's 2020 election fraud case Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on his "presidential immunity" claims.The High Court sent the case back to Chutkan after it decided that official acts of a president were immune from...
Trump’s Jan. 6 case officially back in Judge Chutkan’s hands after immunity ruling
Former President Trump’s federal election subversion charges officially returned to his trial judge in Washington, D.C., on Friday to determine the case’s future after the Supreme Court last month carved out immunity for former presidents. Trump’s immunity claims froze the case for months, but U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is now poised to set a schedule…
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