A US federal judge decided this Wednesday to pause the judicial process of electoral interference against the former president donald trump (2017-2021) while the appeal filed by the Republican politician to have the case dismissed is decided.

The judge Tanya Chutkan He decided pause all proceduresaccording to local media, after Trump’s lawyers last week appealed their decision to reject the dismissal of the case against the former president.

Trump alleges that the case of electoral interference in the 2020 elections cannot proceed because his actions were protected by the presidential immunityBetween other reasons.

Despite the pause in legal proceedings, Chutkan said the measures he has taken to ensure “integrity” of the processlike the “gag order” he imposed on Trump to prevent him from making certain comments about it.

Chutkan added that since the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is now considering whether Trump can be tried, the start of the former president’s trial, scheduled for March 4, 2024may be affected.

On December 7, Trump’s lawyers appealed to that court against Chutkan’s decision to consider that the former president does not have presidential immunity in the process of interference in the 2020 elections, which gave victory to Democrat Joe Biden.

Following the maneuver by Trump’s legal team, the special prosecutor investigating the former US president’s attempts to reverse the results of those elections, Jack Smithasked the Supreme Court on Monday to decide on his presidential immunity.

With this decision, would prevail over that of the Court of AppealSmith aims to expedite the resolution of the dispute and avoid delays in the start of the trial.