Friday, February 2, 2024

Still waiting on DC circuit


The judge overseeing former President Trump’s election interference case suspended his March 4 trial Friday, saying she will set a new trial date after an appeals court weighs whether the case should be tossed because of his claims of presidential immunity.

The brief order from U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan makes official what she had already previewed — that she would need to push back the trial date to accommodate time lost to review Trump’s appeal.

The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals heard Trump’s arguments Jan. 9, expressing skepticism over his claim that former executives enjoy broad criminal immunity from prosecution.

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The delay comes after special counsel Jack Smith sought to leapfrog the appeals court, asking the Supreme Court to immediately weigh the issue.

But the high court declined, leaving the matter to first be reviewed by a three-court panel of the D.C. circuit.

  The Hill
We're coming in on a month since they heard this case, and they supposedly took it to expedite it.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE 02/03/2024:





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