BREAKING: Judge Makes Bombshell Decision In January 6 Case

Hey ladies and gentlemen, this is Carmine Sabia for Explain America with breaking news

out of the January 6th trial for former President Donald Trump. Before we get started, please make sure you like, comment, share and subscribe

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hand corner and hit subscribe. It's absolutely free. Donald Trump was trying to get a postponement of his trial today in Washington DC and he's

facing Judge Tanya Chutkin who is the most aggressive, hardcore January 6th judge that

there is. Literally, she's handed out the harshest sentences. Sentences that even exceeded what prosecutors were looking for

So you know, she has to be furious with the Supreme Court decision that gave Trump a lot

of immunity in this case. Because of that, she cannot set a trial date

She has said that. She cannot set a trial date. She also said it's likely that whatever she does decide is going to be appealed to the

Supreme Court. So this was a really banner day for Trump because it looks like nothing in this trial

is going to happen before the November election which is precisely what Team Trump wants

I want you to take a look at this report on it and let me know what you think in the comments

To appeal this whole immunity determination that you were just talking about before there's

a trial and then the next update said Judge Chutkin said that would be futile to set a

trial date now and both sides agree. You cannot set a trial date now. They still have to go through the appellate process and I think everyone, judge and both

parties agrees a trial date is well down the line. But she said we have to set a trial date

That suggested to me well maybe things are moving more quickly than we assumed. Yeah I did a double take there

I said how is she going to set a trial date when they still have to go through these appeals. But I think she was just raising it to make sure the parties agreed this is not the time

to set a trial date. There is not a trial date. There will not be a trial date until at least after these appeals

So Paula Reid, you're there for us. They've now adjourned this session

So what happens next? So we're going to wait for the judge to issue her schedule

It was a possibility that she could give some sort of scheduling dates today but she needs

to take some time to review what she heard today and decide the path forward

She's made it clear that the first issue is going to be immunity. So she has to decide how she wants to proceed with that

Then there are going to be these other questions of how does the Supreme Court's decision about

obstruction of justice related to January 6th, how does that apply here

She knows that the defense attorneys are going to try to litigate the legitimacy of the special counsel but it does not appear that she's going to give a lot of weight to that argument

And then there are also these outstanding questions of discovery. So right now we're going to start waiting to see what Judge Tanya Chetkin says in terms

of next steps. But it's clear, look, she's not going to completely concede to the defense and the way they want

to proceed here. But it's really unclear how she's going to lay out this calendar

The number one goal, though, for the Trump team heading into today was to just try to delay any sort of substantive hearings until after the November election

It appears that that is probably how it's going to play out

The hearing is adjourned, at least for this day. So Paula, Ellie, Karen