The first hearing in former President Donald Trump’s election interference case occurred on Thursday in Washington, D.C., after it had been long delayed. Trump was not present in court, but his legal team entered into a not guilty plea deal to the charges brought against the Republican presidential nominee by special counsel Jack Smith.

Prosecutors and defense lawyers clashed in court Thursday over the next steps in the federal election interference prosecution of Donald Trump in the first hearing since the Supreme Court narrowed the case by ruling that former presidents are entitled to broad immunity from criminal charges.

After months of delays, a federal judge is set to hold a hearing Thursday that could determine the trajectory of former President Trump's election interference case.

The judge has to begin sorting out which parts of the indictment of the former president must be tossed out because of a Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. She’s seeking input on how to do it.

It didn’t take long after Thursday’s hearing in the federal election subversion case against Donald Trump – the first proceeding before Judge Tanya Chutkan since the Supreme Court granted the former president some immunity in the prosecution – for the trial judge to decide a schedule for the next steps in the case that lets prosecutors make public new evidence before the 2024 election.

A hearing is underway today in former President Trump's election interference case. NBC News' Ken Dilanian, former federal prosecutor Kristy Greenberg and former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade join Ana Cabrera to share their legal analysis.

Trump's federal election interference case in Washington is moving forward again after a lengthy delay at the US Supreme Court

NBC News' Ken Dilanian and Lisa Rubin report on the developments in a hearing for the election interference case against former President Trump and why the judge overseeing the case has not set a new trial date yet.

Prosecutors and defense lawyers are clashing in a Washington courtroom over the next steps in the federal election interference prosecution of Donald Trump.

Prosecutors and defense lawyers are clashing in a Washington courtroom over the next steps in the federal election interference prosecution of Donald Trump.

No date has yet been set for former President Donald Trump's federal 2020 election interference trial as Jack Smith's office seeks to streamline appeals.