Trump is trying to stop the Supreme Court from deciding if he has presidential immunity.
Donald Trump’s claim to the Supreme Court that a trial judge has not delayed his election fraud case is not credible, a legal analyst has said.
MSNBC analyst Lisa Rubin was reacting to Trump’s submission to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, in which he urged it not to review his claim that he has presidential immunity from his election fraud trial in Washington, D.C.
Trump wants the case to go through the appeal system before making its way to the Supreme Court, something prosecutors say is a maneuver to delay the trial until after the 2024 presidential election.
Trump was indicted on four counts of allegedly working to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the run-up to the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. It is one of four criminal cases that Trump is facing while he campaigns as frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
He has pleaded not guilty to the charges in all four cases and has repeatedly said that they form part of a political witch hunt.
Trump is appealing the election fraud case to the Washington D.C. Court of Appeals, claiming he has presidential immunity. Prosecutor Jack Smith is seeking a ruling from the U.
