{"id":2337228,"date":"2024-09-05T13:01:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T17:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-chutkan-spars-with-trump-lawyers-over-pace-of-jan-6-trial-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-05T13:06:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T17:06:35","slug":"judge-chutkan-spars-with-trump-lawyers-over-pace-of-jan-6-trial-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-chutkan-spars-with-trump-lawyers-over-pace-of-jan-6-trial-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Chutkan spars with Trump lawyers over pace of Jan. 6 trial &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">30<\/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-spars-with-trump-lawyers-over-pace-of-jan-6-trial-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=2337228&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>During a \u2064recent\u200d hearing,\u2062 Judge Tanya \u2062Chutkan \u200cengaged in a challenging\u2063 dialogue with attorneys representing former\u2064 President Donald Trump regarding the advancement of his <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>. \u2063The hearing was prompted by recent Supreme Court rulings \u200cthat\u2064 introduced complexities\u200d into the legal proceedings. Judge Chutkan expressed skepticism \u2064about the\u200b Trump team\u2019s proposal\u2063 to streamline the case, emphasizing the capability of addressing\u200c multiple legal \u200cconcerns simultaneously, stating, &#8220;We can all \u200cwalk and chew gum at the \u2062same time.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The judge noted that setting a trial date might be pointless due to \u200cnumerous outstanding questions. This hearing \u2064was the first in nearly a year, stalling since the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision on presidential immunity. \u200bA\u2064 superseding indictment by special counsel Jack Smith, which attempts to \u2062narrow\u2063 the previous charges against Trump, further complicated\u200d matters. \u200cThough Trump\u2064 did\u200d not \u2064attend\u200d the hearing,\u200b his attorneys\u200b entered a not \u2064guilty plea on his\u2063 behalf.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney John Lauro raised concerns about the implications of the Supreme Court&#8217;s \u200bruling,\u2063 suggesting that it questioned the validity of \u200bthe \u200dindictment. He\u2063 argued that the case&#8217;s\u2062 legitimacy could hinge\u200c on communications between\u200d Trump and\u200c former\u2064 Vice President Mike Pence, contending that any\u200b immunity covering\u200d those exchanges could \u200dlead to the\u2064 indictment&#8217;s dismissal.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Judge Chutkan spars with Trump lawyers over pace of Jan. 6 trial<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1746008\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Judge Tanya Chutkan grilled former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s defense attorneys on Thursday at a hearing about their proposal to move forward with the election interference case after two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Supreme Court\">Supreme Court<\/a> rulings installed a fresh set of hurdles in it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Chutkan, an <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Obama<\/a> appointee, was at times incredulous as she pressed Trump attorney John Lauro on why the case could not move forward in a streamlined fashion that involved addressing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-overturns-chevron-doctrine-upends-administrative-state\/\" title=\"SCOTUS Overturns Chevron Doctrine, Upends Administrative State\">high court&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-defends-trumps-desire-to-investigate-biden-in-contentious-interview-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"JD Vance defends Trump\u2019s desire to investigate Biden in contentious interview - Washington Examiner\">presidential immunity decision<\/a> and the former president&rsquo;s other concerns about the case simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We can all walk and chew gum at the same time,&rdquo; Chutkan said.<\/p>\n<p>The judge said she would wait until after the hearing to make any decisions about the new schedule for the case, but she appeared skeptical of Trump&rsquo;s proposal. Still, she acknowledged by the end of the hearing that with so many new outstanding questions, setting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theres-hunter-hunter-biden-appears-in-court-for-paternity-dispute\/\" title=\"There&#039;s Hunter: Hunter Biden Appears in Court for Paternity Dispute\">trial start date<\/a> was an &ldquo;exercise in futility.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The hearing marked the first meeting in the case in nearly a year after the Supreme Court&rsquo;s pending decision on presidential immunity brought it to a monthslong halt.<\/p>\n<p>It also followed special counsel Jack Smith bringing a superseding indictment against Trump last month. Smith accused Trump of the same four crimes but fewer allegations in an attempt to align his indictment more closely with the Supreme Court&rsquo;s decision that presidents enjoy some immunity from criminal prosecution. The former president was excused from appearing at the hearing, but his attorneys <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3144258\/trump-not-guilty-plea-dc-2020-election-superseding-indictment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"entered a not guilty plea\">entered a not guilty plea<\/a> to the charges on his behalf.<\/p>\n<p>Lauro repeatedly stressed that the Supreme Court&rsquo;s ruling on presidential immunity presented &ldquo;grave&rdquo; new questions about the validity of Smith&rsquo;s indictment.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We want an orderly process that does honor to the Supreme Court&rsquo;s ruling,&rdquo; Lauro said, as he proposed a schedule that would include deadlines throughout the remainder of the year and possibly into next year.<\/p>\n<p>Lauro warned that they &ldquo;may be dealing with an illegitimate indictment from the get-go,&rdquo; and he repeatedly zeroed in on the communications Smith left in the indictment between Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence.<\/p>\n<p>Lauro argued that all of Smith&rsquo;s charges hinged on Pence&rsquo;s communications and that if Chutkan were to rule that those are immune from being used in the case, the entire indictment would be tossed out.<\/p>\n<p>The question of whether content about Pence can be included in the indictment is a &ldquo;gateway issue&rdquo; that needs to be addressed before anything else, Lauro said.<\/p>\n<p>Lauro also requested that Trump&rsquo;s defense team be allowed to seek dismissal of his charges on statutory grounds in light of the Supreme Court&rsquo;s decision in <em>Fischer v. United States<\/em>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amy-coney-barretts-1st-opinion-for-scotus-gets-no-respect-from-leading-liberal-justice\/\" title=\"Amy Coney Barrett\u2019s 1st Opinion For SCOTUS Gets No \u2018Respect\u2019 From Leading Liberal Justice\">high court ruled<\/a> in that case that the Justice Department may have been too liberal at times in charging defendants with &ldquo;obstruction of an official proceeding&rdquo; in cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The former president is one of hundreds of defendants who have been hit with that charge.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors for Smith proposed that the parties begin presenting immunity arguments on all of the indictment contents by the end of September. They said any motions Trump wanted to bring to challenge the charges outside of that could be done at the same time as the immunity arguments.<\/p>\n<p>While the prosecutors were hesitant to provide any timeline and emphasized that they would defer to Chutkan on dates, they said that jumpstarting the case with immunity arguments beginning in three weeks was workable for them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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_1746008\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1746008\"}});<\/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\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge Tanya Chutkan engaged in a tense exchange with former President Donald Trump&#8217;s legal team during a hearing on Thursday regarding their plan to advance the election interference case, which has faced new challenges following two Supreme Court rulings. At times, Chutkan expressed disbelief as she questioned Trump\u2019s attorney, John Lauro, about why the case could not proceed more efficiently by addressing both the Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling on presidential immunity and Trump&#8217;s other concerns simultaneously. &#8220;We can all walk and chew gum at the same time,&#8221; she remarked. Although she indicated that she would wait until after the hearing to make any decisions about scheduling, her skepticism towards Trump\u2019s proposal was evident. By the end of the session, she acknowledged that due to numerous unresolved issues, setting a trial date seemed futile.<\/p>\n<p>This hearing was significant as it marked nearly a year since proceedings had been halted due to pending Supreme Court decisions regarding presidential immunity. It also followed special counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s recent superseding indictment against Trump for four crimes but with fewer allegations aimed at aligning more closely with the high court&#8217;s ruling on presidential immunity.<\/p>\n<p>Trump did not attend this hearing; however, his attorneys entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. Lauro emphasized that the Supreme Court\u2019s decision raised serious questions about Smith\u2019s indictment&#8217;s legitimacy and advocated for an orderly process respecting this ruling while proposing deadlines extending into next year.<\/p>\n<p>Lauro highlighted concerns over communications between Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence included in Smith&#8217;s indictment, arguing that if those communications were deemed immune from use in court by Chutkan, it could invalidate all charges against Trump. He described this issue as crucial before proceeding further.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Lauro requested permission for Trump&#8217;s defense team to seek dismissal of charges based on statutory grounds following another Supreme Court decision related to how obstruction of an official proceeding is charged\u2014an issue affecting many defendants from January 6th events.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors suggested starting discussions around immunity arguments concerning all aspects of the indictment by late September while allowing any additional motions from Trump simultaneously. They expressed willingness to move forward quickly but deferred final scheduling decisions to Judge Chutkan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2337229,"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\/Tanya-Chutkan-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[40192,40190,40191],"class_list":["post-2337228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-jan-6-trial","tag-judge-chutkan","tag-trump-lawyers"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Tanya-Chutkan-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337228","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\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2337229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}