Judge Chutkan confirms Trump's Jan. 6 trial won't take place before...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Smith's team filed a revamped superseding indictment against Trump last week that made adjustments for the Supreme Court's ruling -- which concluded that presidents enjoy absolute immunity for official acts in office, but remanded to the lower courts the question of whether the election subversion case can proceed.
40% : A federal judge effectively confirmed Thursday that former President Donald Trump's trial on charges related to his bid to overturn the 2020 election result will not take place until after voters head to the polls on Nov. 5.US District Judge Tanya Chutkan laid out a schedule for pretrial deliberations through Nov. 7, which will enable special counsel Jack Smith to unfurl some damaging evidence against Trump prior to election night.
38% : The potential for Trump to win the Nov. 5 presidential election, return to the White House and direct the Justice Department to stand down was largely unspoken about on Thursday.
37% : Trump has a total of 14 criminal counts pending against him, including 10 in the Georgia election tampering case, which is effectively on hold pending an appeal against the prosecution.
30% : In that overhauled indictment, Smith kept the same four charges against Trump, but stripped out references to conduct that could've been official and sprinkled in explanations of why other actions in question didn't pertain to official business.
30% : Back in May, a jury found Trump guilty of 34 counts in the Manhattan hush-money case.
27% : "Since Trump was first slapped with four charges in the 2020 election subversion that was unsealed in August 2023, his team embarked on an endeavor to delay the case as much as possible.
21% : Trump formally pleaded not guilty to the superseding indictment, a court filing showed Tuesday.Chutkan, who will now have to rule on whether or not the election subversion case against Trump can continue in the wake of the high court's immunity decision, did not set up a trial start date in the case, calling it an "exercise in futility.
17% : Lauro also referenced US District Court Judge Aileen Cannon's decision in July to toss out the 40-count indictment against Trump for his alleged hoarding of classified documents after deeming Smith's appointment unconstitutional.

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