Jack Smith tells Supreme Court to keep Trump criminal trial on track

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Special counsel Jack Smith responded Wednesday to former President Donald Trump's bid to halt criminal proceedings against him while seeking to undo an appeals court decision that found he lacked presidential immunity, saying the Supreme Court must deny Trump's efforts.

‘s bid to halt criminal proceedings against him while seeking to undo an appeals court decision that found he lacked presidential immunity, saying the

First, Trump “cannot show the requisite likelihood that this Court would reverse the judgment and sustain his extraordinary claim of absolute immunity; and, second, the serious harm to the government — and to the public — of postponing the resolution of the criminal charges against applicant outweighs any equities he can assert to preclude further pre-trial proceedings while he seeks certiorari,” Smith wrote.

Trump’s trial was initially slated to begin on March 4, but Chutkan removed it from the calendar. If the justices decline Trump’s request to pause proceedings, the pretrial proceedings will resume at the federal district court in Washington. Depending on whether the justices decide to grant the case for oral argument, the trial could be pushed to the middle of the 2024 campaign — or even past the election.

 

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