Judge sets court date for Trump elec­tion inter­fer­ence case

For­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump‘s fed­er­al elec­tion inter­fer­ence case is back in action, with U.S. Dis­trict Judge Tanya Chutkan set­ting a date for a sta­tus con­fer­ence.
The D.C.-based fed­er­al judge has asked that attor­neys for Trump and the gov­ern­ment appear in court on Aug. 16 so they can pre­pare for the case to go to tri­al now that she has “regained juris­dic­tion” over Unit­ed States v. Trump. Chutkan had paused pro­ceed­ings last Decem­ber pend­ing Trump’s appeals regard­ing pres­i­den­tial immu­ni­ty.
“By August 9, 2024, the par­ties shall con­fer and file a sta­tus report that pro­pos­es, joint­ly to the extent pos­si­ble, a sched­ule for pre­tri­al pro­ceed­ings mov­ing f …