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Kid Berwyn

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Sat Aug 3, 2024, 01:33 PM Aug 3

Judge sets Aug. 16 hearing in Trump's federal election interference case [View all]

Source: ABC News

The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's federal election interference case has set a hearing for Aug. 16 at 10 a.m. Trump is not required to attend.

This will be the first time in seven months the parties will appear in Judge Tanya Chutkan's courtroom. Chutkan also denied Trump's motion to dismiss the case on statutory grounds. She says they may refile the motion once issues of presidential immunity are resolved.

The case has been stayed as Trump's legal team appealed presidential immunity all the way to the Supreme Court.

In a 6-3 ruling last month authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court found that a president has absolute immunity for acts within their core constitutional powers and a presumption of immunity for "acts within the outer perimeter of his official responsibility."



Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-sets-aug-16-hearing-trumps-federal-election/story?id=112537104



This trial will show the nation that a majority the Supreme Court also are traitors.
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