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The 77-year-old is therefore playing for time in the lawsuit against him for attempted election fraud. Smith had asked the Supreme Court last week to quickly clarify whether Trump can be prosecuted at the federal level for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election — or whether he is protected by his immunity as president.
Trump’s lawyers now argued that the special counsel’s actions forced the court to bypass usual procedures and negligently decide issues related to immunity.
Trump is charged in the US capital Washington with attempted election fraud. Trump supporters stormed the Houses of Parliament in Washington on January 6, 2021. Congress met there to formally confirm Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election. Trump had previously incited his supporters during a speech. Five people were killed as a result of the riots. Trump had filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, citing presidential immunity.
However, he failed. “The suspect’s four years of service as commander-in-chief did not give him the divine right of kings to escape criminal liability that applies to his fellow citizens,” the responsible judge wrote in the reasons for the verdict. Trump’s team appealed this decision.
But Special Prosecutor Smith took an unusual path: He bypassed the appeals court and went straight to the Supreme Court to quickly resolve the issue. “This case concerns issues of exceptional national importance,” he wrote. “This matter must therefore be decided expeditiously so that the legal process can proceed if and when the defendant’s request for immunity is denied.”
Smith is trying to speed up the process, while Trump wants to delay the trial by any means necessary – at best until after the 2024 presidential elections. The trial is expected to start in March next year. Trump wants to move back into the White House for the Republicans. He leads by far in the internal party polls; The primary elections for candidacy will begin in a few weeks. So far, everything points to a new edition of the election campaign between Trump and incumbent President Joe Biden.
(SDA)
Source: Blick
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