Judge Tanya Chutkan is postponing the March 4 date for Donald Trump’s federal election interference trial in Washington, D.C.
The date is being delayed as the D.C. appeals court will consider whether Trump’s actions on January 6 were protected by presidential immunity. The issue could also make its way to the Supreme Court.
‘The court will set a new schedule if and when the mandate is returned,’ Judge Chutkan wrote in an order Friday.
Without a new court date set, Trump’s blockbuster case could unfold closer to the 2024 election.
Last week, a federal appeals court kept a gag order against Donald Trump in place that restricts him from criticizing witnesses and prosecutors in the January 6 election subversion case.
A federal appeals court in Washington D.C. has kept a gag order against Donald Trump in place that restricts his ability to criticize witnesses in the January 6 election subversion case
The move means another case involving the former president will likely head to the Supreme Court.
Trump’s lawyers asked for a three-judge panel to reconsider its December ruling that followed Judge Tanya Chutkan barring him from making statements that could ‘target’ witnesses.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied both requests.
Trump can appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The D.C. Circuit court found that some of Trump´s public criticisms ‘pose a significant and imminent threat’ to the case, but also narrowed restrictions initially imposed by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan (pictured)
The Republican frontrunner could ask the justices to review the gag order and put it on hold until they make a final ruling.
It’s his last remaining hope of overturning limits on his public statements about potential witnesses, government lawyers or court staff.
The Supreme Court has already taken up Trump’s appeal of the Colorado ruling kicking him off the state’s ballot under the 14th Amendment.
Trump has argued that the restrictions violate his free speech rights as he moves closer to clinching the Republican presidential nomination.
The D.C. Circuit court found that some of Trump´s public criticisms ‘pose a significant and imminent threat’ to the case, but also narrowed restrictions initially imposed by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to four felony counts accusing him of a multi-pronged conspiracy to hinder the counting and certification of his 2020 defeat to Democrat Joe Biden.
The gag order was kept in place as Trump was waiting for the polls to close in the New Hampshire Republican primary
A different D.C. Circuit panel is weighing whether Trump has immunity from the charges.
The gag order was kept in place as Trump was waiting for the polls to close in the New Hampshire Republican primary.
A DailyMail.com/J.L. Partners poll had him 20 points ahead of his last remaining rival Nikki Haley.
He is looking to repeat his landslide Iowa win and potentially lock up the nomination.
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