A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
3 verified reports published on February 2, 2024.
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Trump did not win a legal merits ruling on February 2. He won time. And in a year defined by deadlines, a delayed trial can be its own kind of victory for a defendant who has built an entire political identity around outrunning consequences.
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On February 2, 2024, Judge Tanya Chutkan vacated the March 4 trial date in Donald Trump’s federal election-interference case. The order was a scheduling reset tied to the pending appeal and did not decide the immunity issue.
On February 2, 2024, Judge Tanya Chutkan vacated the March 4 trial date in Donald Trump’s federal election-interference case and paused related deadlines while his immunity appeal was pending. The case was not dismissed.
After a Feb. 2, 2024 ruling in Washington, Trump’s New York hush-money case was the likeliest criminal trial to go first — but the order was still not locked in.