DC federal judge Tanya Chutkan dropped a subtle hint Monday that former President Donald Trump’s rescheduled trial in the 2020 election subversion case could take place after he becomes the 2024 Republican nominee.
During a hearing in a separate case, Chutkan revealed that he intended to be abroad later this year — before suggesting that Trump’s trial could derail those plans.
“I hope not to be in this country on August 5th,” Politico reported that Chutkan said, before adding that would change if “I’m on trial in other matters that haven’t come back on my calendar.”
Last week, Chutkan officially pushed back the March 4 trial start date originally set for the Trump 2020 election case.
The Republican National Convention, which will officially crown Trump as the party’s nominee if he wins the primary, is scheduled to take place July 15-18 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Tanya Chutkan suggests that Donald Trump’s trial could last until 2024. Getty Images
Separately, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has advanced the Aug. 5 start date for the trial of Trump and 14 others accused of illegally trying to change the results of the 2020 election in Georgia.
The federal case against Trump has been temporarily halted while a D.C. appeals court considers arguments from the 77-year-old’s defense attorney that he is immune from charges because they involve official actions he took while president.
Even if the DC court rules against Trump, he will likely appeal the case to the Supreme Court, further delaying the case.
Donald Trump is also juggling civil cases including after the E. Jean Carroll defamation verdict and a widespread business fraud case in New York. US District Court for/AFP via Getty Images Jack Smith is leading DOJ prosecutions for both the 2020 election and the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Trump’s legal team also argued that Trump’s impeachment by the House of Representatives in connection with the January 6, 2021 riots, meant that the prosecution of special counsel Jack Smith amounted to double jeopardy.
Last month, Trump’s team unsuccessfully tried to have Smith’s team detained by Chutkan for making court filings despite the judge resigning while the immunity argument played out.
Chutkan, an Obama-appointed judge, said he would set a new trial start date “if and when” the immunity question is decided by a higher court.
Donald Trump is not happy about the series of criminal allegations against him. Reuters
Trump faces a total of 91 criminal charges against him spanning four separate indictments.
The 45th president has vehemently denied wrongdoing in all of them and pleaded not guilty.
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