The US Supreme Court of Justice has scheduled the discussion of criminal immunity invoked by Donald Trump, as former president, for April 25th, according to the calendar for April released Wednesday, Reuters announced yesterday
The country’s highest legal institution decided, on February 28, to debate this matter, once once more postponing the former president’s federal lawsuit for attempting to illegally reverse the results of the 2020 election.
Targeted in four different criminal cases, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate seeks, through various resources, to postpone the trial until as late as possible, in any case following the presidential elections.
The process relating to the illicit attempt to change the result of the presidential election, which gave victory to Joe Biden, should have started on March 4, but the entire procedure was suspended until the issue of criminal immunity claimed by Trump is decided by the Supreme.
A federal appeals court rejected this immunity on February 6. Trump then appealed to the Supreme Court to seek a suspension of this decision.
Special prosecutor Jack Smith, who is investigating the case, urged the Supreme Court to reject the suspension request. He also recommended that the Supreme Court refuse to consider the issue, however, if the decision is otherwise, Smith advocated setting a quick calendar.
The Supreme Court partially satisfied Trump by not allowing the appeal court’s decision to come into effect until he himself gave a ruling.
By scheduling the discussion of the matter for “the week of April 22nd”, the Supreme Court satisfies the special prosecutor’s request for some speed in the assessment.
But most legal and political commentators viewed the Supreme Court ruling as a success for Donald Trump’s delaying strategy, as it reduces the chances that the case might take place before the presidential election, even if the nine justices reject the ruling. your immunity.
His federal prosecution in the State of Florida for irresponsible management of classified documents, also instructed by Jack Smith, which was supposed to begin on May 20, was postponed for several months.
Last week, Jack Smith’s team proposed July 8th as the new start date for this process.
Trump’s lawyers, reiterating their opposition to a process that begins “before the end of the 2024 presidential election”, objected to the August 12 date, but suggested that the court wait for the Supreme Court to rule on the claimed criminal immunity. by your client. If he is elected, Trump might order an end to existing federal cases once morest him.