Judge Tanya Chutkan, overseeing a case against former President Donald Trump for his role on Jan. 6, said that Judge Aileen Cannon’s ruling calling special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment illegitimate was not “particularly persuasive,” and signaled the case may move forward despite the election schedule.
Chutkan on Thursday re-arraigned Trump on a new superseding indictment from Smith’s office, made to exclude potentially official acts he made as president involving the attacks following the Supreme Court’s wide presidential immunity decision.
