The US Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday to consider the issue of criminal immunity invoked by Republican former President Donald Trump; further delaying the conduct of his federal trial for attempting to illegally overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
Faced with four criminal charges, the tycoon, the big favorite in the intra-party process of the Republicans for the nomination of their candidate in the presidential elections of November 5, seeks, by filing various appeals, to be tried as late as possible and in any event after the election contest .
The Republican former president's trial over his illegal efforts to overturn the 2020 victory of Democratic rival Joe Biden was originally scheduled to begin on March 4..
But the process was suspended while the issue of immunity invoked by Donald Trump will be examined by the top institution of American justice.
A federal appeals court on February 6 rejected the criminal immunity argument. Donald Trump thus turned to the Supreme Court, to secure a suspension of the validity of this decision.
Special prosecutor Jack Smith, who handled the case, called on the Supreme Court to reject the specific request.
It also suggested that America's top judiciary should not take up the matter but, if it did, speed up the timetable so that if the immunity it says it has for Donald Trump is finally rejected, his trial can be conducted with as little delay as possible.
In its ruling yesterday, the Supreme Court partially satisfied Trump's side by not allowing the appeals court's ruling to take effect until after it has ruled on itself.
Scheduling hearings “the week of (Monday) April 22,” however, the Supreme Court granted the special prosecutor's request to expedite the schedule.
However, most legal and political commentators judged last night that it was a success of the delay strategy applied by Donald Trump, since the decision of the Supreme Court reduces even more the chances that his trial can be held before the presidential elections, even and if its nine members reject the “absolute immunity” that he and his advocates talk about.
If re-elected to the presidency, Donald would be able, after taking office in January 2025, to order the federal criminal charges against him to be dropped.
The person concerned praised the decision through the social networking site Truth Social, stressing that “without presidential immunity, the president cannot exercise power properly, or make decisions in the interest of the United States.”
On the other hand, special prosecutor Smith emphasized in his written arguments how much “national importance” this criminal case has, as a former president is being prosecuted because he “tried to stay in power by preventing the winner from taking office.”
Source: News Beast
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