Trump’s Jan. 6 Case Resumes — Days After He Claimed A Right To ‘Interfere’ In The Election
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Judge Tanya Chutkan is expected to lay out a schedule for the revised indictment — though the case will likely disappear if the former president is elected again.
WASHINGTON ― A federal judge on Thursday is holding her first hearing in Donald Trump’s criminal case for his Jan. 6, 2021, coup attempt, following a Supreme Court ruling that gave the former president immunity for “official acts” — and just days after he claimed he had “every right” to do what he did.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is expected to lay out a schedule for the revised indictment of Trump filed by special counsel Jack Smith last week.
The superseding indictment, as it is known, retains the four felony charges from the original 2023 case: conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstructing an official proceeding; and conspiracy to deprive millions of Americans of their right to have their votes counted.
It deletes references, though, to Trump’s attempts to coerce Department of Justice officials into falsely claiming that fraud had marred the 2020 election.
If convicted, Trump could receive decades in federal prison.