Trump’s Jan. 6 Case Resumes — Days After He Claimed A Right To ‘Interfere’ In The Election

WASHINGTON ― A federal judge on Thursday is holding her first hearing in Donald Trump’s criminal case for his Jan. 6, 2021, coup attempt, following a Supreme Court ruling that gave the former president immunity for “official acts” — and just days after he claimed he had “every right” to do what he did.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is expected to lay out a schedule for the revised indictment of Trump filed by special counsel Jack Smith last week.

The superseding indictment, as it is known, retains the four felony charges from the original 2023 case: conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstructing an official proceeding; and conspiracy to deprive millions of Americans of their right to have their votes counted.

It deletes references, though, to Trump’s attempts to coerce Department of Justice officials into falsely claiming that fraud had marred the 2020 election.

If convicted, Trump could receive decades in federal prison.

The Supreme Court ruled in July that a president has complete immunity from prosecution for “official” actions, including hiring and firing employees within the executive branch and demanding that they carry out certain instructions.

In a court filing accompanying the revised indictment, Smith wrote that he sought the new one to comply with the high court’s precedent-setting new guidance.

The morning hearing, which Trump is not expected to attend, comes just four days afterTrump told Fox News’ Mark Levin: “Whoever heard — you get indicted for interfering with a presidential election, where you have every right to do it, and your poll numbers go up?”

After regaining control of the case last month, Chutkan immediately scheduled a status conference