{"id":2124272,"date":"2023-12-13T17:20:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T22:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-chutkan-pauses-court-proceedings-as-trump-pursues-presidential-immunity-claim\/"},"modified":"2023-12-13T17:24:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T22:24:28","slug":"judge-chutkan-pauses-court-proceedings-as-trump-pursues-presidential-immunity-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-chutkan-pauses-court-proceedings-as-trump-pursues-presidential-immunity-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Chutkan halts court proceedings due to Trump&#8217;s pursuit of presidential immunity claim"},"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\">26<\/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-chutkan-pauses-court-proceedings-as-trump-pursues-presidential-immunity-claim%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=2124272&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at The Rosen Shingle\u200c Creek on \u200cFebruary 26, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. CPAC, which began in 1974, is an \u200dannual \u2062political conference attended by conservative activists and\u200c elected officials. (Photo by Joe \u2063Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/daniel-baldwin\">Daniel Baldwin<\/a><br \/>2:15 PM \u2013\u2064 Wednesday, December 13, 2023<\/p>\n<p>The federal judge in former President Donald Trump\u2019s election interference \u200ccase paused proceedings until \u200dTrump\u2019s appeal regarding possible presidential immunity gets settled.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe court agrees with \u200dboth parties that Defendant\u2019s appeal \u200dautomatically stays any further proceedings that would move this case towards trial or impose \u2064additional burdens of litigation on\u2064 Defendant,\u201d Chutkan wrote in a three-page \u200dcourt\u2062 filing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While this appears to close the door on starting the trial on March 4<sup>th<\/sup>, 2024, the day before\u200c Super Tuesday \u200cin the Republican presidential primary, Chutkan tried to keep the possibility open.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIf jurisdiction is returned to this court,\u2064 it\u200c will\u2014consistent with its duty to ensure both a speedy trial and\u200c fairness for\u2063 all parties\u2014consider at that time whether to retain or continue the dates of\u2064 any still-future deadlines and \u200bproceedings,\u2064 including the trial scheduled for March 4<sup>th<\/sup>, 2024,\u201d Chutkan wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Special Counsel Jack Smith \u200band his team have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to expedite consideration on whether Trump has presidential immunity in this case. Trump\u2019s legal team is \u2063arguing that the actions he took that are \u2064under question were within the \u201couter perimeter\u201d of his official responsibilities as president of the United States. Smith acknowledged that asking the high\u2062 court to bypass normal \u2064procedure was \u200d\u201cextraordinary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Article Three Project \u2064founder Mike Davis argued Smith was desperate to keep his March 4<sup>th<\/sup>, 2024 trial date.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThey know that this case can only\u200d get resolved before the November 5<sup>th<\/sup>, 2024 election if the trial starts\u200d on March 4<sup>th<\/sup>,\u201d Davis \u2062told <em>One \u2063America News<\/em>. \u201cBecause they\u2019re going to try \u2064to have \u2062President Trump sitting in a courtroom for months and months and months instead of on \u2063the \u2063campaign trail.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cJack Smith does \u200dnot \u200bcare, because\u200c his sole goal is\u200c to wage lawfare against President Trump \u200cto put him in\u2062 a courtroom\u2064 before November 5<sup>th<\/sup>, \u200d2024, and then put him in prison for the rest\u200c of his life after November 5<sup>th<\/sup>, 2024,\u201d Davis \u2063continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The justices on the U.S. Supreme \u200bCourt asked the\u200d Trump legal team to file a response to Smith\u2019s petition by December\u200d 20<sup>th<\/sup>,\u200b suggesting they would quickly make a decision as to whether to\u200b hear\u2063 the case.<\/p>\n<p>Smith\u2019s team had opposed Chutkan pausing pre-trial\u2063 proceedings of the \u200bcase.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive\u200d breaking \u200bnews blasts \u2062directly to your \u200dinbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare \u200cthis\u2063 post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The U.S.\u2063 Supreme Court orders President\u200c Trump\u2019s \u2062legal team\u200d to\u200d respond to Special Counsel Jack Smith\u2019s petition regarding presidential immunity by December 20th.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In an exclusive interview,\u200d Florida \u2064Congressman Greg Steube voices his opinions \u2062on the pending Foreign Intelligence And Surveillance Act and impeachment inquiry votes coming up. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Hunter Biden\u2019s refusal to sit for Republican\u2019s closed-door deposition is\u200c raising lots of questions. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Congress is taking a second look at whole milk\u2019s\u200b place in \u200bschool cafeterias. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Tesla is recalling just over \u2062two million vehicles in\u2063 the United States fitted \u200dwith its Autopilot advanced driver-assistance system to install new safeguards.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Netflix is set to pull ahead of \u200dDisney+ \u2062in the race for U.S. advertising dollars next year as price hikes and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-charged-after-threatening-to-kill-vivek-ramaswamy\/\" title=\"Man faces charges for threatening Vivek Ramaswamy's life\">password-sharing crackdown \u2062pull<\/a> more viewers \u2064to \u200cits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflix-to-squeak-past-disney-in-us-advertising-revenue-in-2024-report\/\" title=\"Netflix is projected to surpass Disney+ in US ad revenue by 2024, says report\">ad-supported \u200dplan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Microsoft and\u200d the AFL-CIO union federation said they \u2062had struck a deal \u200bwhereby \u2062the software giant will remain\u2062 neutral in efforts by\u2063 unions to encourage \u2062workers to become members.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Amazon.com\u200c asked a federal court to dismiss \u2062a U.S. government antitrust\u200b lawsuit which accuses the company of using illegal strategies to \u2063boost profits at its online retail\u200d empire.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What is the status \u200bof Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-deranged-sounding-georgia-grand-jury-foreman-throws-election-case-against-trump-into-legal-jeopardy\/\" title=\"WATCH: Deranged-Sounding Georgia Grand Jury Foreman Throws Election Case Against Trump Into Legal Jeopardy\">election interference case<\/a> after\u200b the federal judge&#8217;s\u200b decision to pause\u200c proceedings?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200b Title:\u200b Federal\u2063 Judge \u200cPauses Trump&#8217;s Election Interference Case Amid Appeal for Presidential Immunity<\/p>\n<p>Introduction:<\/p>\n<p>Former\u2062 U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-ranking-the-legal-strength-of-former-presidents-four-criminal-cases\/\" title=\"Assessing Trump's legal strength: Ranking his four criminal cases.\">election interference\u2062 case<\/a> has \u200cbeen put on hold as the federal judge\u2062 awaits the settlement of Trump&#8217;s appeal\u200c regarding potential presidential immunity. The decision to pause proceedings has raised questions about the trial&#8217;s timeline and \u200cits implications\u200c for Trump&#8217;s political future.<\/p>\n<p>Background:<\/p>\n<p>On\u2063 December 13, 2023, the \u2064federal judge overseeing the case granted a stay\u200b on\u2064 further proceedings, citing\u200d Trump&#8217;s\u200c appeal as the reason behind this temporary halt. \u200dThe appeal centers around the question\u200c of whether Trump, as a former \u200dpresident, is immune \u200cfrom legal action related \u2063to his actions during his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Trial Delay:<\/p>\n<p>Although the pause\u2062 on proceedings casts doubt on the trial&#8217;s scheduled start\u200c date of March 4th,\u200b 2024, the judge, Chutkan, attempted to keep the possibility of \u200bretaining or rescheduling the trial open. Chutkan emphasized the court&#8217;s\u2064 commitment to ensuring both a speedy trial and fairness \u200bfor all\u200b parties involved.<\/p>\n<p>Presidential Immunity Argument:<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s legal team argues that the actions challenged \u2063in this case fell within the boundaries of his official responsibilities as the President \u2062of \u200dthe United \u200cStates. \u200bSpecial Counsel Jack \u2063Smith and his\u200c team sought expedited consideration from the U.S. \u2064Supreme Court \u200con the question of presidential immunity. Smith acknowledged the extraordinary nature of this request to bypass normal\u200b procedures.<\/p>\n<p>Strategic Motives:<\/p>\n<p>Article Three Project founder \u200bMike Davis accused Smith of desperation to maintain the March 4th trial date because a resolution before November 5th, 2024,\u200b becomes increasingly unlikely if the trial \u200dstarts later. Davis suggested \u200cthat Smith aims to keep Trump tied up in court, preventing him from \u2062actively campaigning.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Supreme Court Involvement:<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Supreme Court requested Trump&#8217;s \u200dlegal team to \u2063submit\u2063 a \u200dresponse to Smith&#8217;s petition by December 20th, 2023, implying a swift\u200d decision\u2062 on\u200b whether to hear \u2063the case. Smith&#8217;s opposition \u2062to \u2062Chutkan&#8217;s decision \u200bindicates his preference\u200d for keeping the pre-trial proceedings ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion:<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bpause in\u2064 Trump&#8217;s election\u2064 interference case \u2062pending the \u2064settlement \u200bof his appeal regarding presidential \u2064immunity has created uncertainty regarding the trial&#8217;s commencement and its potential impact on \u2063Trump&#8217;s \u2064political aspirations. As the case awaits a decision from \u2064the U.S. Supreme Court, the legal battle\u2064 continues to draw attention due \u200cto its\u2062 significant\u200c implications for\u200d the former president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida. CPAC, an annual event since 1974, attracts conservative activists and elected officials. The speech was delivered on February 26, 2022. 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