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the Supreme Court rejected special counsel Jack Smith’s request to expedite the consideration of a crucial aspect in the so-called election interference case involving former President Donald Trump rather than have the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals review it first.
Last week, Smith urged the justices to address Trump’s attempt to dismiss the election interference case directly on grounds of presidential immunity, skipping the preliminary review by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. However, in an unsigned order issued on Friday, the Supreme Court dismissed Smith’s request.
«The petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment is denied,» the Supreme Court wrote.
Earlier this month, Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the case, surprisingly acknowledged her lack of jurisdiction in the case and put it on hold as the court awaits a decision by the Supreme Court to take up the case. Smith wanted the Supreme Court to expedite the case in the hopes of maintaining the scheduled trial date of March 4.
Chutkan had previously denied Trump’s motion to dismiss the case.
Trump’s attorneys told the justices in a filing Wednesday that they should reject Smith’s request, which they alleged had a “partisan motivation,” and to not “rush to decide the issues with reckless abandon.
