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Judge Tanya Chutkan on Saturday set a hearing for 10 a.m. on Aug. 16 in the Department of Justice’s election interference case against Donald Trump — marking “the first time in seven months the parties will appear in” the judge’s courtroom, ABC News reports. Special counsel Jack Smith last year charged Trump with four criminal counts related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election “by conspiring to obstruct Congress’ meeting on Jan. 6, 2021” and scheming to “replace legitimate presidential electors with fraudulent slates,” USA Today reports. That case was put in hold as the S…

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