The US Supreme Court gave special counsel Jack Smith one week to file a response to Donald Trump’s bid to delay the election meddling case on the grounds that he should be immune from prosecution.
Lawyers for the former president filed papers with the high court on Monday to continue a stay on the DC federal case against Trump, 77, for allegedly plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
In a very brief order on Tuesday, US Chief Justice John Roberts “requested” a response from Smith’s office within a week — by February 20 at 5 p.m. — responding to Trump’s efforts to keep his presidential immunity defense alive after an earlier lower appeals court defeat. this month.
SCOTUS just last week heard arguments in a separate case by lawyers for the GOP presidential front-runner who wanted to keep his name on the Colorado primary ballot — a request that a majority of conservative justices seemed inclined to grant.
DC Smith’s federal criminal case against the real estate tycoon was scheduled to go to trial on March 4, but the trial judge canceled that date and put the case on hold until the issue of presidential immunity is resolved on appeal.
Special counsel Jack Smith has a week to respond to Donald Trump’s bid to delay his election meddling case. AP Trump filed papers with the nation’s highest court on Monday asking them to stay the DC federal case against him, as he argues he should be able to use presidential immunity. AP Chief Justice John Roberts gave Smith’s office until a week from Tuesday to respond. Patsy Lynch/MediaPunch/Shutterstock
Smith previously sought to rush the case to the Supreme Court to keep the trial date and avoid it being delayed until after the general election in November. But prosecutors suffered a setback when the high court refused to hear the case before an intermediate appeals court made its decision.
The decision came on February 6, when the DC Court of Appeals found that Trump does not enjoy full immunity from prosecution.
Trump’s lawyers said in court papers on Monday that if the high court allows a president to be impeached, it would set a dangerous precedent for future commanders in chief who will face the threat of politically motivated prosecution by opponents and who may indulge their fear of prosecution. interrupt work.
“This threat will hang like a millstone around the neck of every future President, distorting the President’s decisions, undermining the President’s independence, and clouding the President’s ability” to conduct official duties fairly and without fear, his lawyers wrote.
“Without immunity from criminal prosecution, the Presidency as we know it will cease to exist,” the filing said.
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