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Judge Tanya Chutkan has denied former president Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss his alleged 2020 election interference case, and scheduled a status conference.
The former president appears to be reaping the benefits of his appeal in the election case.
The federal judge will likely push back the date due to multiple reasons, analysts have said.
‘The prosecution has improperly and unlawfully attempted to advance this case by serving thousands of pages of additional discovery.’
Judge Chutkan had rejected Trump’s motion to dismiss on the grounds of presidential immunity.
Trump attorneys argue that DOJ’s indictment contained prejudicial, inflammatory, and irrelevant statements about Jan. 6, 2021.
President Trump is facing restrictions on his speech that could have broad implications for how he defends himself and campaigns against President Biden.
The gag order prevents the former president from making public statements about certain people involved in the indictment.
Former President Donald Trump appears to be building factual basis to appeal the federal case against him for allegedly interfering with the count.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is confident that the federal judge assigned to former President Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 case will be “relentlessly hostile” to him.
