Trump’s legal team argues that a recent Supreme Court decision means Trump should be immune from prosecution.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has sided with special counsel Jack Smith in a battle over scheduling pre-trial hearings and deadlines in former President Donald Trump’s federal election subversion case.
Trump’s legal team requested earlier this month that Chutkan push back any further hearings and deadlines until next year, while arguing that the case should be dismissed entirely due to the Supreme Court’s recent decision granting sitting presidents immunity from prosecution of crimes committed while conducting certain “official” acts.
