Donald Trump pleaded not responsible final 12 months to fees of endeavor a “felony scheme” to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 election in an effort to subvert democracy and stay in energy, following an eight-month investigation by particular counsel Jack Smith.
After Trump was reelected president in November 2024, the case was dismissed with out prejudice because of the Justice Division’s long-standing coverage barring the prosecution of a sitting president — closing the ebook on the case however leaving open the extremely unlikely risk of a future prosecution as soon as Trump leaves workplace.
Right here is how the particular counsel probe has unfolded.
Nov. 18, 2022
Legal professional Normal Merrick Garland appoints Jack Smith as particular counsel to supervise the whole lot of the Justice Division’s felony investigation into the efforts to overturn the 2020 election, in addition to the illegal retention of nationwide protection info at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property. The announcement is triggered when Trump’s announcement that he’s operating for president for a 3rd time creates a possible battle of curiosity with the Justice Division.
Smith beforehand served because the chief prosecutor for the particular court docket in The Hague charged with investigating battle crimes in Kosovo.
Nov. 22, 2022
Smith points subpoenas to officers from a number of states that had been focused by Trump and his allies within the failed try to reverse his loss to Joe Biden.
Based on a duplicate of a subpoena obtained by ABC Information, the Justice Division seeks any and all data associated to communications by state election officers with Trump or his advisers and allies, together with Kenneth Chesebro, Justin Clark, Joe DiGenova, John Eastman, Jenna Ellis, Boris Epshteyn, Bernard Kerik, Bruce Marks, Cleta Mitchell, Matthew Morgan, Kurt Olsen, William Olsen, Stefan Passantino, Sidney Powell, Invoice Stepien, Victoria Toensing, James Troupis and Lin Wooden, between June 1, 2020, and Jan. 20, 2021.
Dec. 2, 2022
Former White Home counsel Pat Cipollone and his deputy Pat Philbin testify earlier than the federal grand jury investigating the occasions surrounding the Jan. 6, sources accustomed to the matter inform ABC Information.
Their appearances come after a decide guidelines towards attorneys for Trump who had argued that testimony by Trump’s former prime White Home aides was protected by govt privilege.
Particular counsel Jack Smith speaks to reporters, June 9, 2023, in Washington.
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Dec. 13, 2022
ABC Information studies that Smith has issued subpoenas to election officers in Georgia and New Mexico, together with the secretary of state’s workplaces in each states and officers in Georgia’s Cobb County, for communications with or involving Trump, his 2020 marketing campaign aides, and an inventory of Trump allies concerned in his efforts to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 election.
Jan. 11, 2023
ABC Information studies that a number of associates of Trump have obtained new, wide-ranging subpoenas from Smith, requesting paperwork and data way more expansive than the earlier outreaches these people obtained from the Division of Justice earlier than Smith’s appointment.
Feb. 22, 2023
ABC Information studies that Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, each former senior White Home advisers, have been subpoenaed by the particular counsel.
The particular counsel seeks info from the couple particularly associated to his probe of Jan. 6 and the actions main as much as that day by the previous president and his allies, sources inform ABC Information.
March 6, 2023
Trump is looking for to forestall the particular counsel from utilizing Cipollone and Philbin’s testimony earlier than the federal grand jury as proof in his ongoing probe, sources inform ABC Information.
April 20, 2023
Prime Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn meets with particular counsel prosecutors, sources inform ABC Information.
Sources say that Smith personally sits in on a portion of Epshteyn’s interview, however doesn’t take part in any of the questioning.
April 27, 2023
A day after a federal appeals panel rejects an effort from Trump to forestall former Vice President Mike Pence from testifying within the particular counsel’s probe, Pence seems earlier than the grand jury, sources inform ABC Information.
April 28, 2023
A agency contracted by Trump’s presidential marketing campaign in November 2020 to research claims of voter fraud has been subpoenaed by the particular counsel investigating these claims, the founding father of the agency tells ABC Information.
Ken Block, the founding father of Simpatico Software program Methods, says he was subpoenaed to show over paperwork associated to his work with the Trump marketing campaign. His agency was the second employed by the marketing campaign that reported it discovered no widespread proof of voter fraud.
June 6, 2023
ABC Information studies that Trump’s final White Home chief of workers, Mark Meadows, has testified earlier than the grand jury.
Sources say that Meadows answered questions on each Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election and Trump’s alleged mishandling of labeled paperwork whereas he was out of workplace.
June 8, 2023
Trump is indicted on federal fees associated to the particular counsel’s parallel probe into the previous president’s dealing with of labeled info after leaving workplace.
5 days later, Trump pleads not responsible to the 37-count indictment, which accuses him of repeatedly refusing to return lots of of paperwork containing labeled info starting from U.S. nuclear secrets and techniques to the nation’s protection capabilities.
June 26, 2023
ABC Information studies that brokers from america Secret Service have testified earlier than the grand jury probing efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Sources say that brokers supplied testimony as a part of the grand jury’s probe into whether or not there have been any crimes dedicated through the Jan. 6 assault.
President Donald Trump speaks to supporters from The Ellipse close to the White Home on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC.
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June 27, 2023
ABC Information studies that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is anticipated to sit down for an interview with particular counsel investigators.
Raffensperger, the highest election official in Georgia, was the recipient of Trump’s notorious telephone name in January 2021, throughout which the then-president requested Raffensperger to “discover” the precise variety of votes he wanted to win the state.
July 13, 2023
ABC Information studies that amongst those that have testified earlier than the grand jury are Trump’s son-in-law and former White Home senior adviser Jared Kushner, and former prime Trump aide Hope Hicks.
July 16, 2023
Smith informs Trump by letter that he’s a goal in his investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
The letter, which sources say was transmitted to Trump’s attorneys, signifies that an indictment of the previous president could possibly be imminent.
July 18, 2023
ABC Information studies that particular counsel prosecutors have contacted officers in Nevada, Wisconsin and Arizona as a part of 2020 election probe.
These contacted embrace Republican Doug Ducey, the previous Arizona governor who Trump had pressured to overturn Arizona’s outcomes following the 2020 election, based on sources.
A Wisconsin Elections Fee spokesperson tells ABC Information that the state’s chief elections official met with federal investigators in April relating to the probe.
July 20, 2023
ABC Information studies that no less than yet one more witness, Trump aide Will Russell, is anticipated to look earlier than the grand jury.
July 27, 2023
Trump attorneys John Lauro and Todd Blanche meet with Smith’s crew as a possible indictment of the previous president looms, sources inform ABC Information.
The attorneys are there to make the case for why they imagine Trump should not be indicted. Smith is current for the assembly, sources say.
Aug. 1, 2023
Trump is indicted on fees of endeavor a “felony scheme” to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 election by allegedly enlisting a slate of so-called “pretend electors” focusing on a number of states; utilizing the Justice Division to conduct “sham election crime investigations”; making an attempt to enlist the vp to “alter the election outcomes”; and doubling down on false claims of a stolen election because the Jan. 6 riot ensued — all in an effort to subvert democracy and keep in energy.
The sweeping indictment, which additionally contains six alleged unnamed co-conspirators, fees Trump with 4 felony counts: conspiracy to defraud america, conspiracy to impede an official continuing, obstruction of and try to impede an official continuing, and conspiracy towards rights.
Trump, chatting with ABC Information, describes the brand new fees as a “pile-on” and says “it is election interference” meant to maintain him from profitable again the presidency.
Aug. 3, 2023
Trump, showing in a Washington, D.C., courtroom, pleads not responsible to all counts within the particular counsel’s Jan. 6 indictment. A listening to earlier than Decide Tanya Chutkan, the decide assigned to preside over the trial, is scheduled for Aug. 28 — 5 days after the primary GOP main debate.
“It is a very unhappy day for America,” Trump says following his court docket look. “It is a persecution of a political opponent.”
Aug. 4, 2023
Smith asks the court docket for a protecting order to forestall “the improper dissemination or use of discovery supplies” so prosecutors can start offering discovery to Trump’s authorized crew within the case.
The submitting cites a social media post by Trump by which the previous president says, “IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU!” — a message the Trump marketing campaign says is aimed toward political curiosity teams.
Aug. 9, 2023
ABC Information studies {that a} newly revealed memo from Dec. 6, 2020, particulars a plan by Trump legal professional Kenneth Chesebro to pursue slates of supposedly “alternate” electors as a way to forestall Biden from amassing 270 electoral votes.
Prosecutors say Chesebro was working with the Trump authorized crew to seek out methods to problem the end result of the election as a way to hold Trump in workplace.
Aug. 10, 2023
Smith says in a court docket submitting that he is looking for a begin date of Jan. 2 for Trump’s trial. He estimates it should take not than 4 to 6 weeks to current his case to a jury in Washington, D.C., based on the submitting.
Decide Chutkan is anticipated to set an preliminary date for the trial when the events meet for a standing convention on Aug. 28.
Aug. 11, 2023
Decide Chutkan points a protecting order towards Trump following a listening to by which she cautions him towards making “inflammatory statements” in regards to the case and says that his First Modification rights are “not absolute.”
Smith had sought the protecting order to forestall “the improper dissemination or use of discovery supplies” his crew was making ready to show over to Trump’s attorneys for them to organize Trump’s protection. The decide’s ruling, issued following the listening to, prohibits the disclosure of a variety of “delicate” supplies, together with all recordings, transcripts, interview studies and associated reveals shared by the particular counsel.
Aug. 17, 2023
Trump’s authorized crew requests that Decide Chutkan schedule the trial for his federal 2020 election interference case for April of 2026 — greater than two and a half years away.
The attorneys cite the massive quantity of discovery supplied to them by the federal government — roughly 11.5 million pages of proof — and say of their submitting that in the event that they started reviewing the paperwork at this time, “we would wish to proceed at a tempo of 99,762 pages per day to complete the federal government’s preliminary manufacturing by its proposed date for jury choice.”
Aug. 28, 2023
Decide Chutkan, on the finish of a listening to on the matter, orders the beginning of Trump’s trial on March 4, 2024 — two months after prosecutors had requested however greater than two years earlier than Trump’s proposed begin date.
The decide closes the listening to by once more cautioning events that she is “watching rigorously” for any actions taken that may affect the jury pool in Washington, D.C.
Sept. 11, 2023
Trump recordsdata a movement looking for to have Decide Chutkan recused and disqualified from the case, citing previous instances she oversaw for people charged in reference to the Jan. 6 Capitol assault, which they argue exhibits she “prompt that President Trump ought to be prosecuted and imprisoned.”
Sept. 15, 2023
ABC Information studies that the particular counsel has requested that Decide Chutkan impose a “narrowly tailor-made” order limiting Trump from making public statements that they argue may “current a severe and substantial hazard of prejudicing” the case.
Sept. 26, 2023
Attorneys for Trump, in a court docket submitting, oppose the particular counsel’s request for a gag order, calling it an affront to Trump’s First Modification rights as he campaigns for president.
Sept. 28, 2023
Trump’s authorized crew asks the decide overseeing his case for a two-month extension for the submitting of pretrial motions, past the present deadline of Oct. 9.
Oct. 5, 2023
Trump recordsdata a movement to dismiss his case, citing what his attorneys declare is his “absolute immunity” from prosecution for actions taken whereas serving within the nation’s highest workplace.
Oct. 10, 2023
The particular counsel’s crew urges Decide Chutkan to implement protections for potential jurors, citing Trump’s conduct on social media relating to individuals concerned in his numerous authorized battles.
Oct. 16, 2023
Decide Chutkan grants a part of the federal government’s request for a narrowly tailor-made gag order towards Trump, prohibiting him from making or “reposting” statements “publicly focusing on” the particular counsel and his workers, in addition to Chutkan’s workers and the workers of different D.C. district court docket personnel.
The ruling additionally bars him from making statements about potential witnesses within the case and the substance of their potential testimony.
Oct. 20, 2023
Decide Chutkan quickly halts the restricted gag order she had positioned on Trump, following Trump’s attraction of her order.
Oct. 24, 2023
ABC Information studies that former Trump Chief of Workers Mark Meadows has spoken with particular counsel Jack Smith’s crew no less than thrice this 12 months, together with as soon as earlier than a federal grand jury, which got here solely after Smith granted Meadows immunity to testify beneath oath, based on sources accustomed to the matter.
The sources say Meadows knowledgeable Smith’s crew that he repeatedly instructed Trump within the weeks after the 2020 presidential election that the allegations of great voting fraud coming to them had been baseless, and that Trump was being “dishonest” with the general public when he first claimed to have received the election solely hours after polls closed on Nov. 3, 2020, earlier than closing outcomes had been in.
Oct. 26, 2023
In court docket submitting, the particular counsel’s crew accuses Trump of threatening Mark Meadows in a social media publish after ABC Information reported that sources stated Meadows obtained immunity to talk with investigators. Smith’s crew tells Decide Chutkan within the submitting that the alleged risk is only one extra instance of why a restricted gag order within the case is required.
Oct. 30, 2023
Decide Chutkan, responding to Trump’s social media feedback relating to Mark Meadows, reinstates the restricted gag order she imposed on Trump after quickly halting it earlier within the month. Trump then lashes out on the decide, calling her a “TRUE TRUMP HATER” and criticizing her means to preside over a good trial.
Nov. 2, 2023
Trump asks the D.C. Circuit Court docket of Appeals to subject an emergency keep of Decide Chutkan’s restricted gag order.
The particular counsel, within the meantime, opposes a request from Trump’s attorneys to delay all proceedings within the case pending a decision of their movement to dismiss the case on immunity grounds.
Nov. 6, 2023
In a prolonged submitting in response to Trump’s motions to dismiss the case, the particular counsel disputes Trump’s argument that he cannot be criminally charged within the case provided that he was acquitted by the Senate following his impeachment after the Jan. 6 Capitol assault.
Nov. 20, 2023
A Washington, D.C., appeals court docket, in a listening to, presses prosecutors with the particular counsel’s workplace and attorneys for Donald Trump over the viability of Decide Chutkan’s currently-paused restricted gag order.
The judges don’t instantly subject a call on whether or not the restricted gag order ought to be reinstated.
Nov. 27, 2023
ABC Information studies that former Vice President Mike Pence, talking with the particular counsel’s crew earlier this 12 months, instructed investigators how, within the wake of the 2020 presidential election, then-President Donald Trump surrounded himself with “crank” attorneys, espoused “un-American” authorized theories, and virtually pushed the nation towards a “constitutional disaster,” based on sources.
The sources stated Pence — who may take the stand towards Trump ought to Smith’s election interference case go to trial as deliberate in March — additionally instructed investigators he is “positive” that, within the days earlier than the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol, he knowledgeable Trump that he nonetheless hadn’t seen proof of great election fraud, however that Trump was unmoved, persevering with to say the election was stolen.
Dec. 5, 2023
Writing that the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol was “precisely what the defendant meant,” the particular counsel, in a court docket submitting, particulars further proof he plans to introduce at trial, together with proof of Trump’s alleged frame of mind as his supporters carried out the assault.
Dec. 8, 2023
The D.C. Circuit Court docket of Appeals largely upholds Decide Chutkan’s restricted gag order within the particular counsel’s case towards Trump, which prohibits him from making public statements about potential witnesses within the case in addition to attorneys and court docket personnel.
Dec. 10, 2023
The particular counsel’s crew asks the court docket to disclaim Trump’s request to halt all proceedings within the case pending their attraction of Decide Chutkan’s presidential immunity order, urging the decide to do all she will to ensure the March 4 trial date is not delayed.
Dec. 11, 2023
Particular counsel Jack Smith’s crew asks the Supreme Court docket to step in and resolve the problem of presidential immunity relating to Trump’s federal election interference fees, and hours later the court docket says it should contemplate the request on an expedited foundation.
The transfer may characterize an unlimited threat for Smith, whose total case towards Trump may hinge on a landmark determination from the Supreme Court docket that might — for the primary time in American historical past — decide whether or not a former U.S. president might be prosecuted for actions taken whereas in workplace.
Dec. 13, 2023
U.S. District Decide Tanya Chutkan agrees to Trump’s request to remain proceedings within the case whereas the appeals course of performs out. Particular counsel Jack Smith’s crew had opposed an all-out keep, saying they felt sure filings may nonetheless transfer ahead to maintain the case on monitor for its March 4 trial date.
Dec. 20, 2023
Attorneys for Trump ask the Supreme Court docket to remain out of the authorized debate over presidential immunity and reject the particular counsel’s request for expedited consideration of the problem, urging the justices to permit a federal appeals court docket to contemplate the matter first.
Dec. 21, 2023
In a court docket submitting, the particular counsel reiterates his view that the Supreme Court docket should instantly overview the query of Trump’s immunity, writing that “The fees listed below are of the utmost gravity.”
Dec. 22, 2023
The Supreme Court docket denies the particular counsel’s request to instantly take up Trump’s claims of immunity from prosecution within the case, permitting a federal appeals court docket to listen to the matter first.
The choice successfully retains the Supreme Court docket out of the case in the meanwhile and will doubtlessly delay the case’s March 4 trial date.
Dec. 27, 2023
Particular counsel Jack Smith, in a submitting, asks Decide Chutkan to bar Trump from elevating at trial what Smith describes as “irrelevant” claims that President Biden ordered Trump to be prosecuted and that others are responsible for the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol.
Jan. 4, 2024
Legal professionals for Trump ask Decide Chutkan to carry particular counsel Jack Smith and members of his crew in contempt of court docket for what they declare are “violations” of the present keep of the case because the appeals course of performs out. The attorneys argue that Smith’s perception that solely “deadlines” within the case are at the moment stayed — and never the submitting of papers — is fake.
Jan. 7, 2024
ABC Information studies that the particular counsel’s crew has uncovered beforehand undisclosed particulars about Trump’s refusal to assist cease the Jan. 6 assault as he sat watching TV contained in the White Home, based on sources accustomed to what Smith’s crew has realized throughout its probe.
Jan. 9, 2024
A 3-judge panel within the Washington, D.C., Court docket of Appeals hears arguments on Trump’s efforts to have his case dismissed primarily based on his declare of presidential immunity. With Trump in attendance, his legal professional D. John Sauer argues {that a} president can solely be criminally prosecuted in the event that they had been to be impeached and convicted first.
Particular counsel legal professional James Pearce counters that, “If, I understood my pal on the opposite facet to say right here, a president orders a SEAL crew to assassinate a political rival and resigned, for instance earlier than an impeachment, it is not a felony act. I believe that’s terribly scary future.”
Jan. 16, 2024
The complete D.C. Circuit Court docket of Appeals rejects an effort by Twitter to attraction a ruling that allowed particular counsel Jack Smith to entry data from Trump’s Twitter account as a part of his federal election interference probe.
Jan. 18, 2024
Decide Chutkan rejects an effort by Trump to have the particular counsel held in contempt for making further filings within the case after she had issued a keep of the proceedings — nonetheless, she orders that each one events within the case are forbidden from making any additional substantive filings with out first looking for permission from her.
Jan. 23, 2024
The complete D.C. Circuit Court docket of Appeals denies Trump’s request to take up his attraction of the restricted gag order positioned on him within the case. The ruling clears the best way for Trump to hunt to attraction the problem to the Supreme Court docket if desired.
Feb. 2, 2024
Decide Chutkan postpones the March 4 begin date for Trump’s federal election interference trial, saying she’s going to set a brand new trial date after the Court docket of Appeals resolves the query of Trump’s presidential immunity.
Feb. 6, 2024
Writing that “We reject all three potential bases for immunity each as a categorical protection to federal felony prosecutions of former Presidents and as utilized to this case specifically,” a three-judge panel within the U.S. Court docket of Appeals rejects Trump’s declare of presidential immunity because it pertains to his federal election interference case.
Feb. 12, 2024
Trump recordsdata an emergency software with the U.S. Supreme Court docket asking the justices to remain the appeals court docket determination as a way to enable the appellate course of to play out.
Feb. 13, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court docket, responding to Trump’s request that it keep the appeals court docket determination that rejected his declare of absolute immunity on this Jan. 6 case, units a deadline of Feb. 20 for particular counsel Jack Smith to file his response to Trump’s request.
Feb. 14, 2024
Particular counsel Jack Smith, in a submitting, urges the Supreme Court docket to disclaim Trump’s request to remain his Jan. 6 case from transferring ahead as Trump appeals his declare that he ought to be immune from prosecution. Smith asks that if the court docket does intend to listen to Trump’s attraction, that they grant the overview now and go into an expedited briefing schedule that will have them subject their ruling throughout this time period.
Feb. 28, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court docket says it should take up the query of whether or not Trump can declare sweeping presidential immunity in his Jan. 6 case, with oral arguments scheduled for the week of April 22. The transfer additional delays Trump’s prosecution, which was already paused whereas he was urgent his immunity attraction within the decrease courts.
March 19, 2024
Trump recordsdata a quick with the Supreme Court docket making his formal argument for why he ought to be granted absolute presidential immunity from felony prosecution in his Jan. 6 case, for which the court docket will hear oral arguments on April 25.
April 8, 2024
The particular counsel, in a submitting, urges the Supreme Court docket to reject Trump’s attraction that claims he ought to be immune from prosecution within the Jan. 6 case, arguing that the previous president has put ahead a “novel and sweeping” principle of immunity that lacks any historic precedent and refutes the imaginative and prescient of the nation that the founders meant.
April 16, 2024
The Supreme Court docket hears arguments on whether or not the federal authorities correctly charged lots of of alleged Jan. 6 rioters with felony obstruction.
April 25, 2024
The Supreme Court docket hears historic arguments on whether or not former President Trump might be criminally prosecuted associated to his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, with Trump’s attorneys arguing {that a} president ought to have “absolute immunity” for any “official acts” whereas in workplace.
June 28, 2024
In a ruling, the Supreme Court docket limits the scope of a federal obstruction statute utilized by prosecutors to cost former President Trump in addition to greater than 300 defendants concerned with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol assault, a call the DOJ says will have an effect on about 52 instances.
July 1, 2024
In a blockbuster determination, the U.S. Supreme Court docket guidelines that former President Trump is entitled to some immunity from felony prosecution for actions taken to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 election, and sends the case again to the trial court docket to type out which fees towards him can stand — successfully delaying any potential trial till after the November election.
Aug. 3, 2024
U.S. District Decide Tanya Chutkan, resuming management over Trump’s election interference case following the Supreme Court docket’s immunity determination, denies Trump’s earlier movement to dismiss the case primarily based on selective and vindictive prosecution, and schedules the following listening to within the case for Aug. 16.
Aug. 8, 2024
The particular counsel’s workplace requests a delay in responding to a scheduling order from Decide Chutkan, citing points associated to the Supreme Court docket’s immunity determination.
Aug. 9, 2024
Decide Chutkan grants the particular counsel’s request for a delay in responding to a scheduling order, pushing again a standing report and subsequent standing convention by three weeks.
Aug. 27, 2024
Particular counsel Jack Smith fees Trump in a superseding indictment that fees him with the identical election interference offenses within the unique indictment, however is pared down and adjusted to the Supreme Court docket’s presidential immunity ruling.
Aug. 30, 2024
In a joint submitting, particular counsel Jack Smith asks Decide Chutkan to proceed with the case by addressing the Supreme Court docket’s immunity determination, whereas attorneys for Trump ask her to instantly contemplate dismissing the case primarily based on the legality of Smith’s appointment.
Sept. 3, 2024
Trump, in a court docket submitting, waives his proper to be current at his arraignment on the superseding election interference fees and authorizes his legal professional to enter a plea of not responsible on his behalf.
Sept. 5, 2024
At a listening to in entrance of Decide Chutkan, Trump’s attorneys enter a plea of not responsible to all fees within the superseding indictment towards the previous president. Chutkan, over the objection of protection attorneys, guidelines that particular counsel Jack Smith can file a complete transient containing grand jury testimony and proof supporting his presidential immunity arguments by Sept. 26.
Sept. 24, 2024
Decide Chutkan grants particular counsel Jack Smith’s request to file an outsized 180-page transient, exceeding the usual 45-page restrict, when Smith submits his transient on how the Supreme Court docket’s presidential immunity ruling applies to Trump’s case.
Sept. 26, 2024
Particular counsel Jack Smith recordsdata his prolonged court docket transient arguing how his case towards Trump conforms to the Supreme Court docket’s ruling on presidential immunity. The transient is filed beneath seal, leaving Decide Chutkan to find out if any of it will likely be made public.
Sept. 27, 2024
A day after submitting a sealed transient looking for to justify his superseding indictment towards Trump, particular counsel Jack Smith, in a court docket submitting, asks Decide Chutkan to permit him to file a public model of the transient that features “substantive” summaries of what investigators realized from witnesses within the case.
Oct. 2, 2024
In a blockbuster court docket submitting unsealed by Decide Chutkan, particular counsel Jack Smith outlines new particulars of Trump and his allies’ “more and more determined” efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, as Smith seeks to defend his prosecution of Trump following the Supreme Court docket’s July immunity ruling.
Oct. 3, 2024
Decide Chutkan, granting a request from Trump’s attorneys to push again the Oct. 17 deadline for his or her reply to the particular counsel’s new court docket submitting defending his case, provides them till Nov. 7 to file their reply, and provides the particular counsel till Nov. 21 to file his subsequent response.
Oct. 16, 2024
Particular counsel Jack Smith, in a court docket submitting, urges Decide Chutkan to reject an effort by Trump’s attorneys to throw out Jan. 6 obstruction-related fees introduced towards the previous president following a latest Supreme Court docket ruling that narrowed the statute’s use towards Jan. 6 rioters.
Oct. 17, 2024
Decide Chutkan denies a last-minute request from Trump’s attorneys to dam the discharge of the redacted appendix from the immunity movement filed by particular counsel Jack Smith, which lists proof gathered within the probe.
Oct. 18, 2024
Decide Chutkan unseals the extremely redacted appendix of proof gathered by particular counsel Jack Smith, providing a restricted have a look at the proof that could possibly be seen by a jury ought to Trump’s case goes to trial.
Nov. 5, 2024
Voters heads to the polls to resolve if Donald Trump can be reelected president over Kamala Harris — an end result that will possible finish the election interference case towards Trump as a result of a long-standing Justice Division coverage that bars the prosecution of a sitting president.
Nov. 6, 2024
Trump is reelected president of america, prompting particular counsel Jack Smith to start evaluating the right way to finish his prosecution of Trump in each the election interference case and the labeled paperwork case, sources inform ABC Information.
Nov. 8, 2024
Decide Chutkan pauses all upcoming deadlines within the election interference case, after particular counsel Jack Smith says the federal government wants time to “assess this unprecedented circumstance and decide the suitable course going ahead in keeping with Division of Justice coverage,” which he says they may do by Dec. 2.
Nov. 25, 2024
Hours after particular counsel Jack Smith asks her to toss Trump’s election interference case because of the Justice Division’s long-standing coverage barring the prosecution of a sitting president, Decide Chutkan dismisses the case with out prejudice — closing the ebook on the case however leaving open the extremely unlikely risk of a future prosecution as soon as Trump leaves workplace.
Jan. 7, 2025
As particular counsel Jack Smith makes preparations to ship the requisite closing report on his election interference probe and labeled paperwork investigation, the federal decide who dismissed Trump’s labeled paperwork case, Aileen Cannon, quickly blocks the discharge of Smith’s report at Trump’s request, whereas the matter is taken into account by the Eleventh Circuit Court docket of Appeals.
ABC Information’ Soo Rin Kim, Laura Romero, Lucien Bruggeman, Olivia Rubin, Will Steakin and Aaron Katersky contributed to this report.
