Article originally appeared on dailycaller.com.
Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a pretrial schedule Thursday that guarantees no trial will take place in former President Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 case before the election.
Chutkan’s order followed one of prosecutors’ major recommendations for the schedule, allowing the government to file the first brief on the presidential immunity issue despite objections raised by Trump’s defense attorneys. The last deadline included in her order is set for Nov. 7, days after the 2024 election.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys came before Chutkan Thursday morning for the first hearing since the Supreme Court’s July ruling on presidential immunity, where it found former presidents are immune from prosecution for official acts taken in office. Chutkan acknowledged during the hearing that any ruling she hands down on the issue would be appealed, but still emphasized the need to move the case forward.
“There needs …
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