{"id":2124185,"date":"2023-12-13T16:11:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T21:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-in-trump-election-case-says-she-lacks-jurisdiction-while-supreme-court-weighs-immunity\/"},"modified":"2023-12-13T16:13:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T21:13:45","slug":"judge-in-trump-election-case-says-she-lacks-jurisdiction-while-supreme-court-weighs-immunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-in-trump-election-case-says-she-lacks-jurisdiction-while-supreme-court-weighs-immunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge defers to Supreme Court on immunity in Trump election case"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-in-trump-election-case-says-she-lacks-jurisdiction-while-supreme-court-weighs-immunity%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2124185&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Judge Rules Trump&#8217;s \u2063Presidential Immunity Claims Delay Election Subversion Case<\/h2>\n<p>The judge presiding\u200b over former President Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-assigned-judge-tanya-chutkan-known-for-longest-jan-6-sentences\/\" title=\"Donald Trump indicted; Judge Tanya Chutkan known for lengthy Jan. 6 sentences.\">election subversion case<\/a> in Washington, D.C., says she\u2062 now\u2063 lacks jurisdiction over \u2062the case due to \u200bhis pending presidential immunity claims at the\u200b Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>Trump \u2064has \u200blong maintained his immunity from the charges brought against him by\u2062 special counsel Jack\u2063 Smith, arguing that the alleged \u2063misdeeds occurred while \u200che was still in office. However, \u2063U.S. District\u2062 Judge Tanya Chutkan has ruled against\u200d these claims, leading Trump to appeal.<\/p>\n<h3>Supreme Court to Decide on Immunity Claims<\/h3>\n<p>Smith, \u2063seeking to bypass the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-court-is-fast-tracking-sidney-powells-request-for-a-forensic-exam-of-dominion-voting-machines\/\" title=\"Federal Court Is Fast-Tracking Sidney Powell\u2019s Request For A Forensic Exam Of Dominion Voting Machines\">federal appeals court<\/a>, has taken \u2062the case directly to \u200cthe Supreme Court. The high court has agreed to consider the \u200bmatter \u200dand has given\u200b Trump until next week to respond. As a result of the pending immunity claims, Judge Chutkan states that she cannot proceed with \u2063the case at this time.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Consequently,\u2064 the court agrees with both parties that Defendant&#8217;s appeal automatically stays any further proceedings that would move this case towards \u200ctrial or impose \u2064additional\u200c burdens of litigation on Defendant,&#8221; Chutkan wrote in a Wednesday afternoon order.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This decision puts everything on hold in Trump&#8217;s D.C. trial until the\u2063 Supreme Court resolves \u2062the immunity issue. \u200dWhile the high court\u200d has not yet officially agreed to hear the case on\u2063 its merits, a decision could come \u200bsoon after Trump&#8217;s response next week.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story \u200cand will be updated.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does \u200dJudge Chutkan&#8217;s \u200brecent \u200dorder \u200cimpact the proceedings \u2063of Trump&#8217;s D.C. trial and what is the role\u200d of the Supreme Court in \u200bresolving the immunity \u200bissue<\/h2>\n<p><span>  In\u200d a \u200drecent development, the \u200bjudge overseeing former President Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-trump-can-and-cant-say-now-that-hes-under-a-gag-order-in-criminal-court\/\" title=\"Trump's speech restricted by criminal court's gag order.\">election \u2064subversion case<\/a> in Washington, D.C., has\u2064 declared that she no longer has jurisdiction over the case. This \u2062is due to Trump&#8217;s pending presidential immunity claims, which he has submitted to the\u2062 Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has long maintained that he is immune from the charges\u2062 brought \u200dagainst him by special counsel Jack Smith, arguing\u200b that the alleged misdeeds took place while he was still in \u2063office. However, \u2064U.S. District Judge Tanya\u200d Chutkan\u200c has ruled against these claims, leading\u2064 Trump\u200c to appeal\u2063 the decision.<\/p>\n<p>The case has \u2064now been taken directly to the Supreme Court \u2063by Smith,\u2063 bypassing\u200b the federal appeals court. The Supreme Court\u2062 has agreed\u2064 to consider the\u2062 matter and has given Trump until next week to respond. As a result of these pending immunity \u2062claims,\u200c Judge \u200bChutkan\u200b has \u200dstated that she cannot proceed with \u200cthe case at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Judge\u200b Chutkan explained\u2063 her position in a recent\u200c order: &#8220;Consequently, the court\u200d agrees with both parties \u200cthat Defendant&#8217;s appeal automatically stays any further proceedings that \u200cwould\u2064 move this case towards trial\u2063 or \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-recall-petition-close-to-success\/\" title=\"Newsom Recall Petition Close To Success\">impose additional burdens<\/a> of\u200d litigation on\u2064 Defendant.&#8221; This decision effectively puts all proceedings in Trump&#8217;s D.C. trial on hold until the \u200dSupreme Court resolves the immunity issue.<\/p>\n<p>While \u200bthe Supreme Court has \u2064not \u200dyet\u200d officially agreed to hear the case on its merits, \u2064a decision could come soon after\u200c Trump&#8217;s response next week. This is a \u2064developing\u200d story, \u2064and updates will \u200dbe\u200c provided as more information \u200dbecomes\u2062 available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington, D.C. judge handling ex-President Donald Trump&#8217;s election subversion case states she lacks jurisdiction due to his pending presidential immunity claims at the Supreme Court. Trump argues he is immune from charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith, citing alleged misdeeds committed during his presidency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2124187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2124185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2124185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2124185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2124185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2124187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2124185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2124185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2124185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}