Special counsel Jack Smith opposed on Wednesday Trump’s request for the Supreme Court to intervene in his presidential immunity appeal.
Trump filed an emergency application Monday asking the Supreme Court to stay the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling finding he is not immune from prosecution in the election interference case. Smith argued in his response Wednesday that further delay in Trump’s case — which is on hold at the district court pending the resolution of his appeal — violates the public interest in a “speedy and fair verdict.”
“Delay in the resolution of these charges threatens to frustrate the public interest in a speedy and fair verdict — a compelling interest in every criminal case and one that has unique national importance here, as it involves federal criminal charges against a former President for alleged criminal efforts to overturn the results of the Presidential election, including through the use of official power,” the filing states.
District Judge Tanya Chutkan initially rejected Trump’s bid to dismiss his case based on presidential immunity Dec. 1. After Trump appealed, she paused proceedings in the case. Chutkan officially vacated his March 4 trial date earlier this month.
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The Supreme Court declined Smith’s request in late December to review the presidential immunity issue before letting the lower court weigh in. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision against Trump last week, prompting Trump’s request to stay the ruling…
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