A federal judge is set to weigh Thursday whether former President Donald Trump, in the critical weeks leading up to the November election, will face court fights over the Washington-based criminal case about his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.
Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia will hold a status conference and plans to set the next phase of special counsel John L. “Jack” Smith’s effort to prosecute Trump for crimes connected to the effort to disrupt the transfer of power in 2021.
Chutkan set the hearing following the Supreme Court decision in July that gave presidents “absolute immunity” around the core of their presidential powers and possible immunity outside of that. The justices sent the case back to the district court for further proceedings.
