Former President Donald Trumpās election interference trial no longer appears on the public calendar for the federal district Court in Washington, D.C.
The precise date the trial was removed is unclear, though a federal official told The Washington Post that it was still included on an internal master calendar from Jan. 26. Trumpās trial was scheduled for March 4, but proceedings in the case are currently on hold during his presidential immunity appeal.
District Judge Tanya Chutkan shot down Trumpās bid to dismiss his case based on the argument that he is immune from prosecution for āofficial actsā taken during his presidency on Dec. 1. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on Trumpās appeal Jan. 9 and has not yet issued a decision.
With allegations against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis putting the Georgia racketeering case in jeopardy and the judge in Trumpās Florida case considering postponing that trial, the criminal indictment that looks likeliest to continue to trial before the election is the hush-money case in Manhattan.
Trump was indicted on 34 counts last year for allegedly falsifying business records related to hush-money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels. The trial is currently scheduled for March.
The issue will likely end up at the Supreme Court after the D.C. Circuit rules. Special Prosecutor Jack Smith tried in December to preserve Trumpās trial date by asking the Supreme Court to consider the appeal before letting the lower Court weigh in, but the justices declined to take it up first.
While proceedings have been paused, Smithās team continued to file documents on suspended deadlines in an effort to keep the case on track for when the appeal is resolved. Chutkan declined Trumpās request to hold prosecutors in contempt for continuing to file documents, which his lawyers had argued was an effort to āweaponize the Stay to spread political propagandaā and convert the Courtās docket āinto an arm of the Biden Campaign.ā
Chutkan did clarify that the parties should first seek leave from the Court before filing more āsubstantive pretrial motionsā during the stay.
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