Special counsel Jack Smith will have the chance to release new evidence in the 2020 election subversion case against former President Donald Trump in the weeks before this year’s election in November.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan of Washington, D.C., released a pre-trial schedule on Thursday that said the government “shall file” an opening brief on presidential immunity by September 26.
“The bottom line is clear: Evidence in the Trump 2020 election conspiracy case could be revealed…. less than six weeks before the 2024 election,” CBS News reporter Scott MacFarlane said in a post to X.
Earlier in the day, a hearing took place in which prosecutors and Trump’s team discussed how they wanted to proceed after the Supreme Court determined presidents have immunity for official acts.
Smith’s team said they needed about three weeks to file a brief on how their superseding indictment should be able to abide by the high court’s ruling in early July, according to The New…