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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Supreme Court rejects Jack Smith’s request to fast-track decision on Trump presidential ‘immunity’

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The US Supreme Court has declined to weigh in on Donald Trump’s “presidential immunity” defence until an appeals court reviews the case.

The refusal on Friday from the nation’s highest court follows a request from special counsel Jack Smith to make a swift and “definitive” ruling on whether the former president can claim “immunity” from prosecution for crimes allegedly committed while in office.

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