Special counsel urges supreme court to reject Trump’s bid to delay election trial

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The special counsel prosecuting Donald Trump on federal charges involving the former president’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss has urged the US supreme court to reject Trump’s bid to further delay trial proceedings as he presses his claim of immunity.

Jack Smith’s filing to the justices responded to a request by Trump’s lawyers on Monday to put on hold a decision by a three-judge panel of the US court of appeals for the District of Columbia circuit rejecting the claim of presidential immunity from prosecution.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/14/special-counsel-trump-supreme-court-trial

 

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Special counsel asks Supreme Court to allow Trump’s D.C. trial to proceed

In a filing Wednesday evening, Smith’s office urged the justices to uphold a unanimous ruling from the influential U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that rejected Trump’s sweeping claims of immunity from prosecution for actions he took as president. The Supreme Court’s response will have a significant impact on whether and when Trump goes on trial in Washington, where the presiding judge has already postponed a planned March 4 start date.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...mmunity-appeal-supreme-court-special-counsel/