The judge presiding over former president Donald Trump’s federal election-interference case has set a hearing for 16 August.
The hearing, which Trump is not required to attend, will mark the first time in seven months the parties will appear before Judge Tanya Chutkan.
Chutkan denied Trump’s motion to dismiss the case, which had been stayed while Trump’s legal team appealed for presidential immunity before the Supreme Court.
Last month, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that a president has absolute immunity for acts within his core constitutional powers and a presumption of immunity for “acts within the outer perimeter of his official responsibility.”
It will now be up to Judge Chutkan to apply the Supreme Court ruling to the J6 Case.
Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges, including undertaking a “criminal scheme” to overturn the results of the 2020 election by enlisting “fake electors,” using the Department of Justice to conduct “sham election crime investigations,” trying to enlist the vice president to “alter the election results,” and promoting claims the election was stolen.
Obama-appointed Judge Chutkan has previously compared the events of 6 January to the Boston Marathon Bombing and 9/11.
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