Tanya Chutkan, who’s presiding over the ex-president’s election subversion case, conceded Thursday that a potential trial start date is still “months” away.
That’s likely music to Trump’s ears, as the former president and his team have fought tooth and nail to have each of his criminal indictments pushed back to after the general election on Nov. 5.
“Let’s discuss what the sensitive time is,” she said. “I understand there’s an election pending. I have said before, and I will say again, that the election is not relevant here. This court is not concerned with the electoral schedule.” Thursday was the first time federal prosecutors and Trump’s legal team had been inside Chutkan’s capital courtroom since last year. After riffing with prosecutors and defense attorneys, Chutkan formally arraigned Trump on a superseding indictment Thursday that matched the charges in his original indictment.reported that his attorneys confirmed he’d read the indictment and wanted to plead not guilty a second time.
“This case has been pending for over a year,” she said. “We’re hardly sprinting toward the finish line here.”
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