Attorneys for President-elect Donald Trump are working to clear out pending criminal cases before he takes office in January.
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Tag: Presidential Immunity
Legal Expert Lays Out Why Trump’s Legal Cases Will Not Return After He Leave Office in Four Years
CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said Tuesday that the dismissed legal cases against President-elect Donald Trump will not return once he leaves office in January 2029.
Read MoreJack Smith Signals End to J6 Prosecution Against Trump, Asks Judge for Month Delay
Special Prosecutor Jack Smith signaled Friday he may end his Jan. 6 election interference prosecution against Donald Trump, asking for a month delay in the case to consider options in the aftermath of the elections.
Read MoreJack Smith Requests Delay in Trump Case to Assess Impact of Supreme Court’s Presidential Immunity Ruling
Special counsel Jack Smith requested a delay Thursday night in former president Donald Trump’s election interference case.
Prosecutors wrote in a filing that the government is still assessing the impact of the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling and asked for the timeline to be pushed back several weeks. Judge Tanya Chutkan previously scheduled a hearing for Aug. 16, but Smith requested permission to instead file a proposed schedule for pretrial proceedings by the end of the month, effectively delaying any action until September.
Read MoreJudge Chutkan Faces Long Road to Get Trump Case Back on Track After Presidential Immunity Ruling
District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan will face challenges getting a Trump case that’s unlikely to proceed to trial before the election — or possibly ever — back on track.
After former President Donald Trump’s presidential immunity appeal brought on a months-long delay in the election interference case prosecuted by special counsel Jack Smith, the case finally returned to Chutkan on Friday. Though she wasted no time scheduling a hearing for August 16 and asking both parties to submit a schedule for pretrial proceedings by August 9, legal experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation that efforts to advance the case will meet continued challenges.
Read MoreBiden: Supreme Court Ruling on Presidential Immunity ‘Dangerous Precedent’
President Joe Biden Monday night said the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that the president has “absolute immunity” when acting in his core constitutional duties is “a dangerous precedent” that “undermines the rule of law of this nation.”
Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision ruled that the “president’s exercise of his core constitutional powers, this immunity must be absolute. As for his remaining official actions, he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity.”
Read MoreHouse Democrat Plans to File a Constitutional Amendment to Invalidate Supreme Court Ruling
Democratic New York Rep. Joe Morelle announced Monday that he will file a constitutional amendment that will virtually invalidate the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity.
Read MoreTrump Files Motions to Dismiss Georgia Election Case Citing Presidential Immunity, Double Jeopardy, Prior Election Contests
Former President Donald Trump made three new legal filings in Georgia on Monday, each requesting on different grounds for Fulton County Superior Court Judge to dismiss the case brought against him by District Attorney Fani Willis (D). In the filings, Trump’s attorney Steve Sadow cites alleged due process and double jeopardy violations, as well as presidential immunity granted by the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
“From 1789 to 2023, no President ever faced criminal prosecution for acts committed while in office,” Trump’s attorney Steve Sadow notes in his 67-page filing requesting the case be dismissed by Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee due to presidential immunity. “The indictment in this case charges President Trump for acts that lie at the heart of his official responsibilities as President. The indictment is barred by presidential immunity and should be dismissed with prejudice.”
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