Trump plans to block hearings in January 6 case before 2024 election
by Hugo Lowell in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6P2X3)
Lawyers for ex-president preparing to shut down possibility of high-profile officials testifying at evidentiary hearings
Donald Trump is expected to launch a new legal battle to suppress any damaging evidence from his 2020 election-subversion case from becoming public before the 2024 election, preparing to shut down the potency of any mini-trials" where high-profile officials could testify against him.
The plans come after the US supreme court last week in its ruling that broadly conferred immunity on former presidents opened the door for the US district judge Tanya Chutkan to hold evidentiary hearings - potentially with witnesses - to determine what acts in the indictment can survive.
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