Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday went to the the Supreme Court asking if the ex-President acts during Jan. 6 can be charged criminally in a federal court action.
Smith also asked that court rule quickly …..
And the court came right back directing Trump’s attorney’s to counter by Dec. 20th….
Of course the speed in this could allow the Wash. D.C. trial to move along from Trump’s stalling….
And?
The question of can a President be held copiable for actions outside their offical duties could be finally defined…
You know the Trump boast?
‘I could shoot someone in Times Square and get away with it’
The High Court could change THAT up real quick….
(I don’t think there is anything on the books on the state level)
Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked the Supreme Court to take up and rule quickly on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election results.
Smith made his request for the court to act with unusual speed to prevent any delays that could push back the trial of the 2024 Republican presidential primary front-runner, currently set to begin March 4, until after next year’s presidential election.
Later Monday, the justices indicated they would decide quickly whether to hear the case, ordering Trump’s lawyers to respond by Dec. 20. The court’s brief order did not signal what it ultimately would do.
A federal judge ruled the case could go forward, but Trump said he would ask the federal appeals court in Washington to reverse that outcome. Smith is attempting to bypass the appeals court, the usual next step in the process, and have the Supreme Court take up the matter directly.
“This case presents a fundamental question at the heart of our democracy: whether a former President is absolutely immune from federal prosecution for crimes committed while in office or is constitutionally protected from federal prosecution when he has been impeached but not convicted before the criminal proceedings begin,” prosecutors wrote…..
Update...(This IS Funny)
Former President Trump’s campaign railed against special counsel Jack Smith’s request for the Supreme Court to rule on whether Trump has immunity from federal prosecution, accusing Smith of launching a “Hail Mary” to keep Trump from retaking the White House in 2024….
(The judge in the case….)
Earlier this month, federal Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected Trump’s immunity argument in a ruling, stating the U.S. has only one president at a time and whatever immunities a president used to hold does not equal a “lifelong ‘get-out-of-jail-free’ pass.”
Note…
Of course Trump in his own way IS defining Presidential power that had be left alone for centuries….
Absent the Smith move?
And except for Fed judge Cannon down in Florida?
Other judges ain’t having Trump’s bid for immunity….
Appeals Court Denies Trump Immunity in Defamation Case
“A federal appeals court on Wednesday shot down former President Donald Trump’s attempt to use presidential immunity in the upcoming E. Jean Carroll defamation trial, finding he’d waited too long to raise the defense,” CNBC reports.
“Trump had argued he couldn’t be sued for the 2019 comments he made about the writer and her sexual assault claims against him because he was president at the time he made them and, he contended, they related to his duties because he needed to speak out and assure the public her accusations were untrue.”