Judge rejects Trump effort to dismiss 2020 federal election subversion case
by Associated Press from US news | The Guardian on (#6PQG8)
Judge Tanya Chutkan's ruling is first substantive order since supreme court conferred broad immunity for Trump
The federal judge presiding over Donald Trump's election subversion case in Washington DC rejected on Saturday a defense effort to dismiss the indictment on claims that the former president was prosecuted for vindictive and political purposes.
Judge Tanya Chutkan's ruling is the first substantive order since the case was returned to her Friday following a landmark US supreme court opinion in July that conferred broad immunity for former presidents and narrowed special counsel Jack Smith's case against Trump.
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