In a surprising turn of events, former President Donald Trump's legal team has filed a response with the Supreme Court, urging them not to intervene in a case concerning a former president's immunity from prosecution. The response comes as a request from special counsel Jack Smith last week, seeking immediate intervention from the highest court in the land to determine whether a former president can be held criminally responsible for election subversion.
The response argues that the case should proceed through the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit before reaching the Supreme Court. Trump's lawyers are pushing for a slower process, seemingly avoiding a swift resolution by the Supreme Court at this stage. The former president's legal team asserts that the immunity question should be decided by the Supreme Court but after going through the lower court first.
