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Trump requests pause in 2020 elections case until ‘final resolution’ of immunity claim

By Kaelan Deese
Published November 16, 2023 6:41pm ET
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Trump requests pause in 2020 elections case until ‘final resolution’ of immunity claim
Prosecutors and attorneys for former President Donald Trump are slated to convene on Aug. 28 for a hearing in which U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan may set a trial date for his federal criminal case over alleged attempts to subvert the 2020 election. | (AP Photos)

Former President Donald Trump is asking the judge presiding over his criminal case in Washington, D.C., to pause all proceedings until she rules on whether he has presidential immunity from prosecution.

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