The hush money case that culminated in a conviction of Donald Trump this week was the first of four criminal prosecutions brought against the former president -- and likely the only one to reach trial before the November elections.
The court heard arguments April 25 on Trump's claims that a former president is immune from prosecution for official White House acts, a position vigorously contested by federal prosecutors who say there's no protection in the Constitution or anywhere in the law for commanders in chief who commit crimes.
Either way, a monthslong gap between the high court's decision and any trial means the case will have been pushed far off course from its trial date. And though a trial could conceivably start this fall, at the very earliest, it seems more likely that there won't be time to squeeze it in. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, appointed to the bench by Trump in 2020, has permitted unresolved motions to pile up, scheduled a series of hearings to entertain seemingly quixotic legal issues raised by the Trump team and repeatedly appeared exasperated with prosecutors and skeptical of their case.
A Georgia appeals court agreed this month to review a lower court ruling that permitted Willis to continue overseeing the case despite allegations from defence lawyers that her romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade created a conflict of interest. The suggestion that Willis has improperly benefited from Wade injected sustained tumult into the case, with details of the prosecutors' personal lives overshadowing the substance of the allegations against Trump.
There's nothing about the conviction, or even a potential prison sentence, that would prevent the presumptive Republican nominee from continuing his pursuit of the White House or serving as president. While mild – and in some cases damp – weather may be persisting in parts of B.C., the next extreme heat event could arrive as early as next week, according to a warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada.The Department of National Defence is moving approximately 1,000 employees out of an office building in Ottawa's Lowertown neighbourhood, citing safety concerns for its employees.
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