Former President Donald Trump will no longer face two of the criminal charges in his 2020 presidential election interference case after Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee dismissed charges Thursday connected to the false slate of Republican electors.
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.
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.
Lawyers for Donald Trump and special counsel Jack Smith will be before Judge Tanya Chutkan on Thursday, the first hearing in the federal election subversion case since prosecutors revised their indictment to try to bring their case in line with a Supreme Court ruling extending to Trump some presidential immunity in the prosecution.
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.
Trump's federal election interference case in Washington is moving forward again after a lengthy delay at the US Supreme Court
Additional proceedings, if necessary,” wouldn't take place until the spring and fall of 2025 under the schedule proposed by the 2024 Republican presidential nominee.
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.
The Georgia judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s election interference case dropped two counts against Trump on Thursday, according to multiple outlets, though the former president still faces eight charges including a violation of Georgia’s racketeering act.
While Judge Chutkan moves the DC case forward, Judge Merchan delays sentencing and his decision on immunity in Trump’s New York case.