Chutkan dismisses Trump federal election case at prosecutors' request
On 25 November 2024 Judge Tanya Chutkan, who had presided over the case, granted Special Counsel Jack Smith's motion, filed the same day, to dismiss the federal election-subversion case against President-elect Donald Trump without prejudice.
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On 25 November 2024 Judge Tanya Chutkan, who had presided over the case, granted Special Counsel Jack Smith's motion, filed the same day, to dismiss the federal election-subversion case against President-elect Donald Trump without prejudice. The request followed Justice Department policy against prosecuting a sitting president.
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Tanya Chutkan
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Chutkan dismisses Trump federal election case at prosecutors' request. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.
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- 1.abcnews.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: chutkan+dismiss+without prejudice · verified
- 2.ballotpedia.orgchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: chutkan+dismiss+without prejudice · verified
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Factrail. (2026). Chutkan dismisses Trump federal election case at prosecutors' request. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/chutkan-dismisses-trump-election-case-2024-11-25
https://factrail.ai/facts/chutkan-dismisses-trump-election-case-2024-11-25
Accessed 15 October 2026.
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