Trump’s March DC Election Interference Trial Postponed, No New Date Set
Trump’s Election-Subversion Trial Date Postponed by D.C. Federal Judge
U.S. district judge Tanya Chutkan has postponed former president Donald Trump’s trial date for his election-subversion case in Washington, D.C., as a result of his pending appeal which intends to challenge the Department of Justice’s right to charge him over his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Judge suspends Trump’s March election interference trial while awaiting immunity ruling
The judge overseeing former President Trump’s election interference case suspended his March 4 trial Friday, saying she will set a new trial date after an appeals court weighs whether the case should be tossed because of his claims of presidential immunity.
The brief order from U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan makes official what she had already previewed — that she would need to push back the trial date to accommodate time lost to review Trump’s appeal.
Trump's federal 2020 election trial postponed indefinitely
The federal judge overseeing former President Trump's federal 2020 election trial officially postponed its March 4 start date indefinitely while his claim of presidential immunity remains on appeal.
Why it matters: It's now likely that the first of Trump's four criminal trials will be over New York's charges related to 2016 hush money payments, which is slated for March 25.
Judge Tanya Chutkan did not set a new date.