It didn’t take long after Thursday’s hearing in the federal election subversion case against Donald Trump – the first proceeding before Judge Tanya Chutkan since the Supreme Court granted the former president some immunity in the prosecution – for the trial judge to decide a schedule for the next steps in the case that lets prosecutors make public new evidence before the 2024 election.
A hearing is underway today in former President Trump's election interference case. NBC News' Ken Dilanian, former federal prosecutor Kristy Greenberg and former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade join Ana Cabrera to share their legal analysis.
Lawyers for Donald Trump and special counsel Jack Smith will be before Judge Tanya Chutkan on Thursday, the first hearing in the federal election subversion case since prosecutors revised their indictment to try to bring their case in line with a Supreme Court ruling extending to Trump some presidential immunity in the prosecution.
The case is one of two federal prosecutions against Trump. The other, charging him with illegally hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, was dismissed in July by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who said Smith's appointment as special counsel was unlawful.
Prosecutors and defense lawyers are clashing in a Washington courtroom over the next steps in the federal election interference prosecution of Donald Trump.
After months of delays, a federal judge is set to hold a hearing Thursday that could determine the trajectory of former President Trump's election interference case.
NBC News' Ken Dilanian and Lisa Rubin report on the developments in a hearing for the election interference case against former President Trump and why the judge overseeing the case has not set a new trial date yet.
In a hearing marked by moments of tension and humor, Trump and Justice Department lawyers clashed over how the federal election interference case against the former president should proceed.
Prosecutors and defense lawyers are clashing in a Washington courtroom over the next steps in the federal election interference prosecution of Donald Trump.
Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, is charged with illegally trying to undo his loss in the 2020 election to President Joe Biden
Prosecutors and defense attorneys for former President Donald Trump will present arguments in court Thursday about his criminal election interference case. A judge will decide when and what happens next.