{"id":2337465,"date":"2024-09-05T18:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T22:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-chutkan-grants-jack-smiths-request-to-jumpstart-jan-6-case-with-immunity-arguments-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-05T18:26:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T22:26:45","slug":"judge-chutkan-grants-jack-smiths-request-to-jumpstart-jan-6-case-with-immunity-arguments-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-chutkan-grants-jack-smiths-request-to-jumpstart-jan-6-case-with-immunity-arguments-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Chutkan grants Jack Smith\u2019s request to jumpstart Jan. 6 case with immunity arguments &#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\">34<\/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-grants-jack-smiths-request-to-jumpstart-jan-6-case-with-immunity-arguments-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=2337465&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>Judge \u2064Tanya Chutkan has set\u200b a series \u2064of court deadlines for Donald Trump in relation to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-jury-finds-douglass-mackey-guilty-in-insane-voter-suppression-case-for-sharing-anti-hillary-clinton-meme\/\" title=\"NYC Jury Finds Douglass Mackey Guilty in Insane &quot;Voter Suppression&quot; Case for Sharing Anti-Hillary Clinton Meme\">election interference charges<\/a>, intensifying the legal scrutiny in the\u2063 lead-up to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-rand-paul-offers-dr-rachel-levine-as-example-of-radical-agenda-riding-bidens-coattails\/\" title=\"Sen. Rand Paul Offers Dr. Rachel Levine As Example Of Radical Agenda Riding Biden\u2019s Coattails\">upcoming presidential election<\/a>. This new schedule aligns with \u2062Special Counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s request to explore how the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling\u200d on presidential\u200c immunity might\u2062 impact the charges against Trump. The government must\u2062 submit\u200c its first arguments on this issue by September 27, with Trump&#8217;s \u2062team required to respond by October 17. Judge Chutkan may \u200bhold a hearing on the matter\u2062 afterward, though this \u200bis unlikely to occur before the November election. <\/p>\n<p>The judge&#8217;s\u2064 actions\u2063 follow a \u200crecent hearing where she expressed skepticism over Trump\u2019s defense strategy, which aimed to\u2062 delay \u200bproceedings until next year. This comes after\u200b the Supreme \u200cCourt ruled in July that presidents have some immunity from \u200dcriminal prosecution, prompting a reevaluation of what actions fall under this\u200c protection. Trump\u2019s \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnny-depp-to-be-called-back-to-stand-today-as-explosive-trial-winds-down-report\/\" title=\"Johnny Depp To Be Called Back To Stand Today As Explosive Trial Winds Down: Report\">legal team plans<\/a> to argue that many of the actions cited in the indictment are protected as presidential duties, while prosecutors will maintain that these\u200b actions \u2064are separate from his\u2063 official conduct, thereby making them prosecutable.  <\/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 grants Jack Smith&rsquo;s request to jumpstart Jan. 6 case with immunity arguments<\/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_1747542\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Judge Tanya Chutkan imposed a string of court deadlines on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;that will occur throughout the next two months, putting a renewed focus on the former president&rsquo;s election interference charges in the final weeks of his presidential&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Chutkan&rsquo;s schedule largely aligned with special counsel Jack Smith&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3144179\/judge-spars-trump-lawyers-pace-jan-6-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">request<\/a>&nbsp;that the court restart proceedings in the case by delving into a debate about how the Supreme Court&rsquo;s decision on presidential immunity should affect Trump&rsquo;s charges.<\/p>\n<p>Government prosecutors must present their first arguments about presidential immunity by Sept. 27, and Trump&rsquo;s defense team must respond by Oct. 17, according to Chutkan&rsquo;s order. The judge could decide after that to hold a hearing on the matter, though it is unlikely that that would occur before the November election.<\/p>\n<p>Chutkan also set numerous other deadlines in October for Trump&rsquo;s defense attorneys to submit their arguments about why they believe his charges should be dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>Chutkan&rsquo;s new deadlines come after the judge held a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3144179\/judge-spars-trump-lawyers-pace-jan-6-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hearing<\/a>&nbsp;Thursday morning in Washington, D.C., during which she appeared critical of Trump&rsquo;s proposal to stretch court proceedings well into next year to give his legal team time to argue that the case be dropped before starting arguments about immunity.<\/p>\n<p>The disputes over how to revive the case and Chutkan&rsquo;s eventual order establishing a new schedule in it come after the Supreme Court decided in July that presidents enjoy some immunity from criminal prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>The high court had ordered Chutkan to examine Smith&rsquo;s indictment and decide what activity in it was official conduct, therefore protected from prosecution, and what activity was private conduct, thus fair game for Smith to use against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Smith responded last month by slimming down his allegations in a superseding indictment while still maintaining his four initial charges against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The next moves in the case will involve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-are-pivotal-questions-mcconnell-blasts-biden-scotus-nominee-for-lack-of-candor-evading-questions\/\" title=\"\u2018These Are Pivotal Questions\u2019: McConnell Blasts Biden SCOTUS Nominee For Lack Of Candor, Evading Questions\">government prosecutors<\/a> submitting court filings by the new September deadline in which they defend Smith&rsquo;s new indictment and argue that the activity in it is unrelated to Trump&rsquo;s presidential duties and therefore not immune from prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s defense attorneys have indicated that they will respond by arguing that much of the conduct in the indictment, including, in particular, his communications with former Vice President Mike Pence, is immunized and cannot be used against the former president.<\/p>\n<p>Defense attorney John Lauro said at the hearing Thursday that Trump&rsquo;s position is that the indictment is &ldquo;wholly illegitimate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Chutkan acknowledged that there was a lot to resolve between addressing the immunity question and hearing out Trump&rsquo;s new arguments for dismissing his case. She said that trying to set 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> at this early stage would be an &ldquo;exercise in futility.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The judge also said she expected Trump to appeal the eventual ruling she hands down on the immunity argument &ldquo;regardless&rdquo; of what she rules, signaling she already planned to issue a decision that would be unfavorable to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Chutkan&rsquo;s full order is below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"Trump trial schedule\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/766261287\/content?start_page=1&amp;view_mode=scroll&amp;access_key=key-uAPyktY23aarDRenti7g\" tabindex=\"0\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7729220222793488\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe> <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_1747542\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1747542\"}});<\/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 has approved special counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s request to expedite the January 6 case by addressing immunity arguments. She established a series of court deadlines for Donald Trump over the next two months, intensifying attention on his election interference charges as his presidential campaign enters its final stages. The timeline set by Chutkan corresponds with Smith&#8217;s call for the court to revisit proceedings, particularly regarding how the Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling on presidential immunity should influence Trump&#8217;s charges. Prosecutors are required to present their initial arguments concerning presidential immunity by September 27, while Trump&#8217;s defense team must respond by October 17, as per Chutkan\u2019s directive. Although a hearing may be scheduled afterward, it is unlikely to take place before the November election.<\/p>\n<p>Chutkan also outlined additional deadlines in October for Trump\u2019s legal team to submit their reasons for dismissing the charges against him. These new timelines follow a hearing where Chutkan expressed skepticism about Trump&#8217;s suggestion to delay proceedings into next year so that his lawyers could argue for dismissal before discussing immunity issues. The ongoing debates about reviving the case and Chutkan\u2019s subsequent scheduling order come after a July Supreme Court decision affirming that presidents have some degree of immunity from criminal prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>The high court instructed Chutkan to analyze Smith\u2019s indictment and determine which actions were official conduct\u2014thus protected from prosecution\u2014and which were private conduct and subject to legal action. In response last month, Smith revised his allegations in a superseding indictment but retained four original charges against Trump. Upcoming steps in this case will involve prosecutors filing documents by the new September deadline defending Smith&#8217;s updated indictment and asserting that its contents are unrelated to Trump&#8217;s presidential responsibilities and therefore not immune from prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s defense attorneys plan to counter these claims by arguing that much of what is included in the indictment\u2014especially communications with former Vice President Mike Pence\u2014is protected and cannot be used against him. Defense attorney John Lauro stated during Thursday\u2019s hearing that they view the indictment as &#8220;wholly illegitimate.&#8221; Judge Chutkan recognized there are significant issues needing resolution between addressing immunity concerns and considering Trump\u2019s new dismissal arguments, noting that setting an early trial date would likely be futile.<\/p>\n<p>She also anticipated that Trump would appeal her eventual ruling on immunity &#8220;regardless&#8221; of her decision, indicating she expects her ruling will not favor him<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2337466,"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\/05\/MixCollage-27-May-2024-09-14-PM-2889.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32463,33539,40190],"class_list":["post-2337465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-jack-smith","tag-jan-6-case","tag-judge-chutkan"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MixCollage-27-May-2024-09-14-PM-2889.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337465","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=2337465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2337466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}