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But his lawyers are trying by all means to shift the judicial calendar so that it does not coincide with that of the presidential election. The Republican primaries begin in January and might last until June.
Arm wrestling around the calendar
His counsel thus, among other things, invoked the argument according to which Donald Trump enjoys “absolute immunity” for all the acts he committed while he was in the White House. And that he should not, for this reason, be prosecuted.
Judge Tanya Chutkan, who will preside over the proceedings of this federal trial, rejected a first request for immunity in early December, considering that no text protected a former president once morest criminal prosecution.
Donald Trump’s lawyers appealed this decision, asking an appeals court to rule on the subject. This additional stage, which will begin on January 9, might however take many weeks and risks, ultimately, postponing the start of the former president’s trial.
Colorado Supreme Court rules Donald Trump ineligible for 2024
In mid-December, federal prosecutor Jack Smith appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States, asking the highest court in the country to rule directly on this question, without waiting for the decision of the court of appeal.
What the Supreme Court, with a conservative majority following having been largely overhauled by Donald Trump, therefore refused on Friday.
The temple of American law has never explicitly said whether a former president enjoys immunity from criminal prosecution.
Locally, similar attempts to invoke presidential immunity for Donald Trump have been rejected by lower court judges.
The case law is all the more vague as Donald Trump is the first former president of the United States to be criminally charged.
Three cases
In total, this court, whose judgments are regularly criticized by Democrats, might be called upon to decide three times this year on the fate of Donald Trump.
In addition to this question of presidential immunity, the court of law agreed to rule on a law used in prosecutions once morest the former president and hundreds of his rampaging supporters who attacked the United States Congress on January 6, 2021 .
There is also the question of Colorado: a court declared Donald Trump ineligible for the Republican primaries in this American state because of his actions during the assault on the Capitol. The former president cries “electoral interference” and calls on the Supreme Court of the United States to agree with him.
Election, trial, election, trial: the Republican billionaire is preparing to experience an extraordinary year in every way, punctuated by comings and goings between the courts and the campaign platforms.
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Neither a stint in prison nor a return to the White House can currently be ruled out for the Republican — a completely extraordinary situation on which he has capitalized.
With each twist and turn in his sprawling legal saga, Donald Trump has so far raised crazy sums of money and climbed in the polls, thanks to his supporters, convinced that he is the victim of a political cabal.
He did not wait to campaign on the Supreme Court decision: “At this crucial moment, I ask for your support,” he wrote to his supporters in an email calling for donations .
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