Conservative attorney Kurt Schlichter suggests the Supreme Court will support Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution.
The Supreme Court will likely rule against Special Counsel Jack Smith in the federal election obstruction case after taking up Donald Trump’s immunity appeal, legal experts have said.
The country’s highest court has agreed to take up the former president’s claim that he is immune from prosecution as the charges filed under Smith’s investigation into alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election and the events that led up to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot relate to his time in office.
The decision from the Supreme Court means the trial where Trump has pleaded not guilty to four charges could potentially be delayed by months. Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the proceedings, has scrapped the original March trial date amid the conclusion of the immunity argument and said the period in which proceedings are on hold will not count towards the seven months between indictment and the trial starting which she offered the former president’s legal team to prepare.
The Supreme Court judges are set to hear oral arguments on the week of April 22 on “whether and if so to what extent does a former president enjoy presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct alleged to involve official acts during his tenure in office.”
The justices will then decide on whether the previous decision from the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to reject the former president’s immunity argument can remain in place.
