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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Jitendra Joshi

Donald Trump asks Supreme Court to delay election interference case

Donald Trump has urged the Supreme Court to postpone a federal trial over charges that he tried to thwart his 2020 defeat by Joe Biden, as he looks to delay any reckoning beyond this year’s election.

The Republican front-runner insists that the landmark trial is moot because his actions then were covered by a president’s immunity from prosecution - arguments that federal lawyers say would make a mockery of the constitution.

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