Trump’s election interference case is back in Judge Chutkan’s hands after months of delays

Donald Trump’s federal election interference case is slowly coming back to life.

The case is now back in the hands of District JudgeTanya Chutkan, after it was frozen for months while the former president was fighting for “immunity” up to the Supreme Court.

The four criminal cases against the former president — spanning 88 charges in four jurisdictions — have been hung up in months of appeals and delays, creating a Russian nesting doll of courtroom battles, with court dates and side hearings on evidence, gag orders and defense arguments all designed to slow down the likelihood of another conviction before Election Day.

Trump got his victory at the Supreme Court, where the conservative majority affirmed that a president is “absolutely” immune from criminal prosecution for actions that stem from official duties in office.

Now, Judge Chutkan will be hearing from Trump’s attorneys and special counsel Jack Smith to determine how that ruling applies to the case in front of her.

Her work ends the eight-month pause in a case that asks whether Trump illegally conspired to overturn 2020 election results and then obstructed Congress by failing to stop a mob of his supporters who tried to do it by force.

The former president has been charged with four crimes, including conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights.

Within hours after the case returned to her courtroom, Judge Chutkan denied another Trump request to dismiss the charges against him. The next day, she rejected his other argument that the case involves “vindictive and selective prosecution.”

Her 16-page ruling said Trump has no evidence to