At least three court cases touching legal issues that could affect special counsel Jack Smiths approach are ripe for rulings from the US Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington DC . The rulings once they come will likely shape how US District Judge Tanya Chutkan may view the law and the charges against the former president in the criminal election subversion proceedings . In one case Trump ally and Republican Rep. Scott Perry is challenging the access federal investigators can have to his phone . Another dispute is over Trumps sweeping immunity claims in the civil lawsuits that have sought to hold him accountable for his actions and leading up to the January Capitol assault . The third matter relates to the obstruction statute that has been a central charge in the Capitol riot prosecutions Smiths indictment of the former President in the election case includes two charges based on the provision in question . No guarantee that the rulings will come out in the coming weeks. But the start of the new DC Circuit term in early September puts additional pressure on the circuit judges to clear out their opinions in lingering cases . The losing party will have the option to appeal it setting up that the US Supreme Court might ultimately get involved . No matter what the ruling is in each of the cases remains under seal . No guarantees that the appeals court will come back in the case remains under sealed. No guarantee the rulings are coming out in coming weeks . Some of the legal dispute over the FBIs search of Perrys phone remain under seal. The appeals court remains under Seal. The case is under seal but the appeals case remains. The ruling remains under seals. The decision is under sealed . The case remains . The ruling. The appeal. The cases are under seal and the decision. The court has no indication that the ruling. No indication of the
Several key cases that could bear on special counsel election case against Trump await DC Circuit rulings
