How a Judge Will Weigh Immunity in Trump’s Jan. 6 Case

By Charlie Savage, Alan Feuer and Vivian Li

Oct. 2, 2024

In the next few months, Judge Tanya S. Chutkan will face what she herself recently called “a uniquely challenging” task. She will go line by line through the evidence the special counsel, Jack Smith, wants to present to a jury in support of his federal indictment charging former President Donald J. Trump on four criminal charges related to his plotting to overturn the 2020 election.