Jack Smith, Alvin Bragg Head Into Crucial Weeks That Could Determine If Trump Goes to Prison

A late summer rush of rulings could reset the presidential race — and throw the 45th president’s legal fate into sharp relief.

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Special Counsel Jack Smith on August 1, 2023, at Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Special Counsel Jack Smith’s plan for how Judge Tanya Chutkan ought to handle the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling in his January 6 case is now due just two weeks before Judge Juan Merchan will rule whether that same immunity warrants overturning President Trump’s 34 convictions at Manhattan.

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