{"id":2290918,"date":"2024-07-09T05:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T09:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/where-trump-cases-stand-after-immunity-ruling-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T05:27:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T09:27:52","slug":"where-trump-cases-stand-after-immunity-ruling-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/where-trump-cases-stand-after-immunity-ruling-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Trump cases stand after immunity ruling &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fwhere-trump-cases-stand-after-immunity-ruling-washington-examiner%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=2290918&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>The article discusses the \u2064impact of the Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling\u200c on former President \u200cDonald Trump&#8217;s claim of presidential immunity from prosecution\u2063 on his four criminal cases. The ruling stated that former presidents have immunity for official acts but not for unofficial or private acts. As a result, the cases are facing delays in lower courts as judges determine which alleged misdeeds Trump may enjoy immunity from. The article highlights specific cases, \u200bsuch as delays in the Jan. 6 case, Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-big-biden-panic-the-president-is-trailing-but-perhaps-the-guilty-verdict-against-trump-will-save-him\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s Challenge: Trailing President Hopes Trump Verdict Will Turn the Tide\">hush money conviction<\/a>, the classified documents case in Florida, and the Georgia case, all of which are affected by the immunity ruling\u2062 and are experiencing delays as a result.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!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\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i 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class=\"tdb-title-text\">Where Trump cases stand after immunity ruling<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/kaelan-deese\/\">Kaelan Deese<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-09T05:00:00-04:00\">July 9, 2024 5:00 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1696131\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Supreme Court<\/a>\u2018s ruling one week ago on former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s long-awaited claim of presidential immunity from prosecution is already affecting each of his four criminal cases.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was initially slated to be the first former president criminally sentenced this week, but the sentencing date was pushed back to Sept. 18 after the high court ruled on July 1 that former presidents, including Trump, have immunity for official acts they took in office, but not for unofficial or private acts.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the ways this novel immunity test is already prompting more delays in lower court.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More delays in the Jan. 6 case<\/h2>\n<p>Trump is facing four charges stemming from an alleged effort to obstruct the results of the 2020 election in one of two cases brought by special counsel Jack Smith.<\/p>\n<p>The case is also the one that brought the recent ruling in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3030301\/supreme-court-finds-some-immunity-for-presidents-complicating-trump-indictment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Trump v. United States<\/a>, <\/em>which set a test that divides presidential acts into three buckets: Official acts that are absolutely immune from prosecution, official acts that are presumptively immune from prosecution and require adequate rebuttals from prosecutors, and unofficial acts that are not immune at all. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-immunity-could-complicate-trumps-hush-money-conviction-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"How immunity could complicate Trump\u2019s hush money conviction - Washington Examiner\">high court gave guidance<\/a> on certain acts that suggested Trump\u2019s communication with his White House staff, for example, could be considered official conduct.<\/p>\n<p>The next steps will require District Judge Tanya Chutkan, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, to conduct hearings to decide which alleged misdeeds Trump may enjoy immunity from in the four-count indictment. The trial was initially scheduled to get underway in early March before the Supreme Court intervened after two lower courts sided against Trump on the immunity dispute.<\/p>\n<p>But the hurdle for getting the case back on schedule in the lower court is now a bit of a waiting game which could last until Aug. 2, according to former Attorney Joyce Vance, who cited the delay period for the high court\u2019s issuance of its final judgment.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Supreme Court\u2019s rules, parties have 25 days to seek rehearing of a decision. The judgment will then be issued seven days following that deadline, meaning \u201cwe can expect jurisdiction to be returned to Judge Chutkan 32 days after the Supreme Court issued its decision, which should be on Friday, August 2,\u201d Vance wrote in a Q&#038;A blog post on July 3.<\/p>\n<p>Chutkan has not yet indicated how fast she will move to schedule new hearings after Aug. 2, but the case will likely be returning at the height of campaign season, leading many experts to speculate the case may not head to a trial before Election Day.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump\u2019s hush money conviction in jeopardy<\/h2>\n<p>Trump was found guilty by a New York jury on May 30 on 34 felony counts connected to a 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3069958\/how-immunity-could-complicate-trumps-conviction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>hush money payment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Defense lawyers last week requested and obtained a delay in the sentencing, citing the recent immunity ruling, and they suggested in a letter that various pieces of evidence that were presented during the trial should have never been permitted in light of the Supreme Court\u2019s latest decision.<\/p>\n<p>Last week\u2019s letter was signed by Trump Attorney Todd Blanche and pointed to a March 7 defense motion that asked the prosecutors to preclude evidence related to Trump\u2019s \u201cofficial acts\u201d based on the presidential immunity doctrine. The defense will now object to certain evidence that was presented at trial, including testimony from former campaign press secretary Hope Hicks and ex-attorney Michael Cohen, Trump\u2019s social media posts and public statements, and a 2018 filing from the Office of Government Ethics.<\/p>\n<p>Defense lawyers are slated to file court papers this week related to Trump\u2019s New York conviction, which New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan will have to consider after a briefing from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg\u2019s office later this month. Merchan\u2019s decision over these forthcoming briefs can be appealed to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-happens-next-in-jack-smiths-diminished-jan-6-case-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"What happens next in Jack Smith\u2019s diminished Jan. 6 case - Washington Examiner\">higher state court<\/a>, leaving even more room for delay in this post-conviction phase.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Defense wants to freeze the classified documents case<\/h2>\n<p>In Florida, Trump faces 40 federal charges in Smith\u2019s second federal indictment, which alleges the former president retained classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort club and sought to impede the government\u2019s efforts to retrieve those records.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the defense asked District Judge Aileen Cannon, an appointee of Trump, to pause the case following the immunity ruling, arguing the decision\u2019s bar of prosecution for official acts could affect whether certain alleged misdeeds can remain in the indictment.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump-appointed judge agreed Saturday to a request made Friday to impose a two-week delay for three pending deadlines in the case. Trump\u2019s team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3071276\/trump-judge-cannon-classified-documents-immunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">made the request<\/a> Friday, arguing that the Supreme Court\u2019s immunity decision had to be considered and they should be allowed to argue the merits before the trial moves forward. <\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s order was only a partial victory for Trump, whose team requested the entire case, except for a pending dispute over a gag order, be put on pause in order to brief Cannon on the effects of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Supreme-Court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a>\u2019s decision. <\/p>\n<p>Cannon imposed a July 18 deadline for Smith\u2019s team to respond to the motion to stay and a July 21 deadline for any other reply.\u00a0She also ruled against co-defendant Walt Nauta\u2019s motion to dismiss the indictment based on claims of selective and vindictive prosecution, and Trump has a similar motion still pending her final decision.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Georgia case remains in limbo<\/h2>\n<p>Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has indicted Trump and 18 others for allegedly violating Georgia\u2019s racketeering laws by trying to overturn the 2020 election. <\/p>\n<p>The state case closely resembles the alleged misdeeds featured in the Washington, D.C., indictment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While there has not been much movement from either Trump\u2019s attorney, Steve Sadow, or Willis\u2019s office, the overlap between the allegations in the Georgia and D.C. case means <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3068334\/trump-immunity-ruling-could-shatter-georgia-rico-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>it is likely the defense will argue<\/a> the recent immunity decision significantly impairs the case brought by Fulton County prosecutors. The Fulton County case is presently paused over an unrelated appeal to a judge\u2019s decision to leave Willis in charge of the case despite an alleged conflict of interest.<\/p>\n<p>In all four cases, Trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges he faces in the lead up to the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1696131\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1696131\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent Supreme Court ruling on former President Donald Trump&#8217;s claim of presidential immunity is already impacting his four criminal cases. Trump&#8217;s sentencing date was pushed back to September 18 after the ruling stated that former presidents have immunity for official acts but not for unofficial or private acts. This ruling is causing delays in the lower courts, particularly in the Jan. 6 case, where District Judge Tanya Chutkan will need to determine which alleged misdeeds Trump may have immunity from. Trump&#8217;s hush money conviction in New York is also in jeopardy as his defense lawyers are objecting to evidence presented at trial based on the immunity ruling. In Florida, Trump&#8217;s defense team is seeking to freeze the case involving classified documents, citing the immunity ruling as a reason for delay. The Georgia case, which accuses Trump of violating racketeering laws, is also affected by the immunity ruling. Overall, Trump has pleaded not guilty in all four cases leading up to the 2024 election<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2290919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TRUMP-BRAGG-SMITH-WILLIS.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33510,32285,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2290918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-immunity-ruling","tag-legal-case","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TRUMP-BRAGG-SMITH-WILLIS.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290918","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\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2290919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}