The United States Supreme Court this Friday rejected the prosecution’s request for review If the former president donald trump (2017-2021) has immunity from federal lawsuit This weighs heavily on him because of the attack on the Capitol.
The Supreme Court issued the following document: denied special prosecutor Jack Smith’s request but does not provide any explanation for his decision.
What does the Supreme Court’s rejection mean? A blow to Smith’s strategyHe’s the same person who asked the court last week and this Thursday to insist on an immediate ruling on former presidents’ immunity from federal charges.
The issue of immunity, which is now left to the lower courts, keeps the case pending Attack on the CapitolIt’s a decision that needs to be considered in Washington and that, if slowed down significantly, would not affect the eventual Republican candidacy in the November 2024 presidential election.
Trump’s defense made its choice Try to extend the process as much as possible.
The former president asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to disregard the prosecutor’s arguments and follow all procedures.
Trump is indicted inciting the violent attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021. and faces prosecution for a variety of offences, the most serious of which is conspiracy to obstruct an official procedure, which could carry a maximum prison sentence of 55 years.
The hearing is scheduled for March 4, 2024 in the federal capitalIt is a day before ‘Super Tuesday’, the big day of the primaries, but could only be postponed if previous issues such as immunity are not resolved.
That victory contrasts with the blow he received Wednesday from the Colorado Supreme Court, which expelled the former president from that state’s Republican primaries for his role in the attack on the Capitol.