THE judge in Donald Trump’s election interference case has set a timeline allowing prosecutors to release new evidence before Election Day.
Judge Tanya Chutkan has moved the deadline for filing evidence to September 10 and gave Trump’s team until September 26 to present their arguments on why the former president should be granted immunity.
The prosecution must present their arguments just a few days after early voting opens in some states, but the former president is still not scheduled to stand trial.
The close deadline means that the evidence presented in the case will be public before November 5.
Special counsel Jack Smith proposed the schedule at Thursday’s hearing, but Trump’s team advocated to delay the deadline until after November 5.
Trump’s lawyers pushed to extend legal proceedings until the spring or fall of 2025, but Judge Chutkan rejected that request.
The judge set October 17 as the deadline for Trump’s lawyers to request to dismiss Trump’s indictment.
The prosecution will have until October 29 to reply to Trump’s lawyers.
Trump only has until October 24, about two weeks before Election Day, to dismiss the case.
Smith and the prosecution have until October 31 to object.
The deadline for Trump’s final brief is November 7, two days after Election Day.
The newly released schedule means that Trump’s lawyers will have to file evidence nearly a year before they were hoping to.
It also could pose a problem for the former president, who is in the midst of his campaign.
Trump will not stand trial for the case, but the evidence presented will be public knowledge.
Judge Chutkan could request oral arguments later on.
New schedule for Trump’s election interference case
Judge Tanya Chutkan released a new schedule for Donald Trump’s federal election interference case. The key dates are as follows,
- September 5 – Trump’s lawyers and the prosecution met with the judge for a hearing on the case schedule. Judge Chutkan largely ruled with Special Counsel Jack Smith.
- September 10 – Deadline to file evidence
- September 26 – Deadline for Trump’s team to present evidence on why he should be granted presidential immunity
- September 23 – Early voting opens in some states
- October 17 – Deadline for Trump’s lawyers to dismiss his indictment
- October 26 – Deadline to dismiss the case
- October 29 – Prosecution must respond to the evidence Trump’s team presents
- October 31 – Deadline for the prosecution to object to the dismissal
- November 5 – Election Day
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