In a potential game-changing move, former President Donald Trump is employing his time-honored legal strategy of delay as he asks the U.S. Supreme Court to stay out of the ongoing dispute over his immunity from prosecution. This request comes as Special Counsel Jack Smith presses for a swift resolution, given Trump's impending trial scheduled just before the crucial Super Tuesday primaries.
Trump's legal team is vehemently pushing back against Smith's attempts to expedite the process and claims that the special counsel is pressuring the Supreme Court into making a rushed decision on what they deem to be one of the most complex and momentous legal issues in American history. In a further bid to secure his place in the 2024 election, Trump plans to appeal directly to the Supreme Court next week after being disqualified from the ballot in Colorado. The state's Supreme Court disqualified him on grounds of engaging in an insurrection, rendering him ineligible for the ballot.
