Special Counsel Jack Smith asked the Supreme Court on Monday to immediately decide if former president Donald Trump has absolute immunity from prosecution for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
"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," Smith wrote in the court filing, NBC News reports, adding that it was "of imperative public importance" that the high court decide on the question so that the former president's federal trial, currently slated for March, could progress as quickly as possible.
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