Former President Donald Trump He potentially has a busy legal week ahead as he continues to fight his many criminal charges.
The former president is facing dozens of felony counts and criminal convictions while running for a second chance at the White House, though Trump has maintained that he is innocent of all charges.
One of Trump’s pending indictments—where he faces four federal counts related to his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and stay in office—has been scheduled for a later hearing as the next judge decides how to proceed. Supreme CourtRuling on Presidential Immunity in July.
The former president also wants to overturn his sentence for his hush money conviction this past May, though it’s unclear whether a judge will grant the request. Below is a preview of how that case may play out this week.
Where is Trump’s 2020 election subversion case
The Justice Department filed an amended version of Trump’s federal election subversion case last week after the Supreme Court ruled that presidents are protected from facing criminal prosecution for the acts of officials. Prosecutors argued in the cut-down indictment that Trump was acting as a candidate—not the president—when he took steps to interfere with the results of the 2020 election, including his actions related to the riots at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
A hearing was scheduled by a US district judge Chutak asked The Supreme Court ruling for Thursday is about how the chief justice wants to proceed in the case. Chutkan’s status hearing was scheduled before the DOJ’s fresh indictment, which could further delay the case now that Trump is seeking a whole new set of appeals against his charges.
A Joint Status Report Both sides in the case filed last week, though prosecutors disagreed on how Trump’s defense team wanted to proceed. While the former president’s lawyers previewed the myriad ways Trump plans to proceed to dismiss the charges, the special counsel’s lawyers Jack Smith’s office asked that Chutkan issue an expedited review of how the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling affects the allegations contained in the indictment.
Legal experts are divided on whether Smith’s new charge was a smart move in the case. While an analyst praised it “Stroke of Genius,” Other experts have said Newsweek That revised charges are few a gamble As for the DOJ, given that Trump will now have the opportunity to challenge the case again.
What’s Next in Trump’s Hush Money Conviction?
Trump has also sought to intervene in his hush money conviction in New York, where he was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to his attempts to conceal payments made to an adult film star. Stormy Daniels During their 2016 campaign.
The former president’s team sought to move the case to a federal courthouse late last month, however It was rejected within a day by US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein. The court clerk wrote that the request was filed under a “false event type.” Trump’s campaign said it is working to refile the request under a specific format to ensure it is filed correctly next time.
Trump has also asked for an indefinite stay of his sentencing in the case, scheduled for September 18, while he asks a federal court to intervene. The presiding judge in this case, Judge Juan MerchantA ruling on Trump’s latest request to overturn the ruling in light of the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling is also scheduled for September 16.
“There is no good reason to sentence President Trump before November 5, 2024, if any sentence is to be imposed,” Trump’s lawyers Todd Blanche and Emile Bowe wrote in a statement shared with The Associated Press last week. Post-trial proceedings proceed on an unnecessarily accelerated timeline.”
Merchan did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Newsweek The Trump campaign was reached by email Monday evening for further comment.
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