After a almost eight-month break, former President Donald Trump’s federal election meddling case is again in action. Judge Tanya Chutkan scheduled a reading for August 16 in Washington to discuss the upcoming methods in the case, which had been postponed as a result of a Supreme Court decision regarding Trump’s resistance.
Trump was granted wide immunity from legal prosecution for his actions while he was president, according to a landmark Supreme Court decision last month. Yet, the ruling left unsettled the issue of whether Trump’s alleged attempt to reverse the 2020 election results, detailed in the indictment, may proceed to trial.
How to handle this difficult fact-finding mission will be addressed at the approaching hearing. Judge Chutkan may discuss the indictment’s progress with Trump’s attorneys and special counsel Jack Smith’s team to decide which areas are protected by national immunity.
While Saturday’s arranging of the reading was legal, it marks the second meaningful action in the case since December. The Supreme Court’s resistance decision was made on July 1, but the proper authority was merely carried out on Friday, bringing the case back to the lower courts.
By the next Friday of the following week, Judge Chutkan’s get requires both the prosecution and the defense to submit proposals for judicial proceedings. The specifics of how the fact-finding may be conducted—whether through written brief or a more thorough hearing—are yet to be determined.
