Judge’s deadline gives prosecutors final word on whether election interference charges should be kept against Trump
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The federal judge presiding over Donald Trump’s criminal prosecution for interference in the 2020 election issued a series of deadlines on Thursday that will see prosecutors have the last word just days before the November election on whether the charges should be kept against the former president.
In a brief order, the US district judge Tanya Chutkan decided that prosecutors could file the first brief explaining how the charges against Trump in a slimmed-down indictment complied with the US supreme court’s ruling granting former presidents broad immunity from prosecution.