Judge Tanya Chutkan is suspending former President Donald Trump's trial date, as everything has been thrown into stasis by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals' delay in resolving the former president's claim to absolute presidential immunity from prosecution.
Furthermore, argued former federal prosecutor Harry Litman on MSNBC Friday, it's easy to see that Chutkan herself is getting frustrated by the lack of resolution on the matter.
"Let's just start with this," said anchor Chris Hayes. "I think this is just acknowledging what everyone knew to be true, and it's essentially kind of an administrative move, though it highlights the fact that it's now been three or four weeks, I think, and we still don't have anything from the D.C. Circuit."
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"Yeah, 24 days," confirmed Litman. "And, yes, it's administrative. The mandate is what one needs for jurisdiction."
"So in that sense, she says, not my case anymore, but that 'if and when' — kind of, you know, wafts off the page, you can almost hear a sigh of frustration with it — D.C. circuit, is there and if here, will I ever see it again?" said Litman.
"So you know, yes, kind of checking off a box," he added. "But a little bit, almost, frustrated and poignant."
Hayes agreed with Litman's assessment of the "if and when."
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