Trump team, special counsel returning to court for first time since Supreme Court immunity ruling

Washington — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and special counsel Jack Smith are returning to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan's courtroom Thursday for the first time since she regained control of the 2020 election-related case following the Supreme Court's landmark ruling on presidential immunity. 

The attorneys are poised to lay out their proposed paths for how pretrial proceedings should move forward in the wake of the July decision, which offered Trump and all former presidents protection from federal prosecution for "official acts."

Trump is not expected to attend Thursday's hearing and has waived his right to appear.