Brief Trump Trials update (details taken from Washington Post.)
(TL:DR
He's still getting away with everything by appealing every tiny detail in every bloody case.)
The Supreme Court’s decision on whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution in the D.C. election interference case could come any week now, and certainly by the end of the month or very early in July.
In Florida, there are deadlines on some pretrial motions this week, and a bunch of hearings scheduled for later this month.
Last week: Judge Aileen M. Cannon, who is overseeing the case, made some adjustments to the back-to-back pretrial hearings she has scheduled for her Fort Pierce, Fla., courtroom over a three-day period in late June. The schedule highlights just how many backlogged decisions Cannon needs to make before this case — sometimes said to be the most serious Trump is facing — can go to trial.
The lineup also shows the judge’s willingness to hear arguments in person for every small and long-shot motion that Trump and his co-defendants have made in hopes of getting the case dismissed — motions that many federal judges would rule on without holding hearings.
Last week: The Georgia Court of Appeals on Wednesday ordered the lower court to completely pause the pretrial proceedings in the case against Trump and his co-defendants while it hears an appeal seeking to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis, the top prosecutor.
Trump and eight of his co-defendants are seeking to oust Willis over allegations that she improperly spent taxpayer dollars when she had a romantic relationship with a lawyer she hired to work on the case. The trial judge rejected that argument and the defendants, including Trump, appealed it.
Wednesday’s ruling means nothing else can happen in the trial — no motions can be heard, no evidence can be discussed — until the appeals court rules on Willis, which could happen as late as March 2025.
And in New York, the probation office will hold a virtual interview Monday with Trump, which is the next step in his presentencing process after his hush-money conviction. The former president will participate in the meeting from Palm Beach, Fla., according to a person familiar with the arrangements who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a proceeding that is not public.
Separately, the judge in the case is weighing whether to lift part of the gag order against Trump as he campaigns for another term in the White House and awaits his July 11 sentencing.