The Supreme Court will hear arguments on the question of whether former President Trump is immune from prosecution in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case on April 25.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether former President Trump is immune from prosecution in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case on April 25.
The Supreme Court last week agreed it would review whether Trump has immunity from prosecution in Smith’s case and said it would fast-track the appeal.
A ruling from the high court is expected by late June.
Trump’s criminal trial has been put on hold pending resolution on the matter.
Trump and his legal team, in requesting the Supreme Court review the issue of presidential immunity, said that „if the prosecution of a President is upheld, such prosecutions will recur and become increasingly common, ushering in destructive cycles of recrimination.“
„Criminal prosecution, with its greater stigma and more severe penalties, imposes a far greater ‘personal vulnerability’ on the President than any civil penalty,“ the request states. „The threat of future criminal prosecution by a politically opposed Administration will overshadow every future President’s official acts — especially the most politically controversial decisions.
