Donald Trump wants the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that he lacks presidential immunity in his federal criminal elections interference case.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday told Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith to respond to a request by Donald Trump to delay implementing an appeals court ruling that found he does not have presidential immunity in his federal elections interference criminal case.
Roberts gave Smith a full week, until Feb. 20, to file an answer to the former president’s request, suggesting that the court might take its time reviewing broader questions related to the issue of immunity.
Trump, on Monday, asked the high court to temporarily pause last week’s decision by a three-judge panel federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., which rejected his argument that he could not be prosecuted in the case because he was president at the time he committed the acts that Smith charges were crimes.
