The U.S. Supreme Court has given Special Counsel Jack Smith a one-week deadline to respond to former President Trump’s request to delay his 2020 election interference trial.
Trump’s legal team is seeking temporary relief to block an appeals court mandate.
The trial pertains to Trump’s alleged role in inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and overturning the 2020 election results.
The Justice Department may request expedited consideration, and the Supreme Court could either grant a stay and hear the case on its merits or reject the request, leading to a restart of the pre-trial process.
Smith had previously urged the Supreme Court to settle the immunity question, emphasizing the urgency of the matter.
“It is of imperative public importance that respondent’s claims of immunity be resolved by this Court and that respondent’s trial proceed as promptly as possible if his claim of immunity is rejected,” Smith wrote.
“Respondent’s claims are profoundly mistaken, as the district court held. But only this Court can definitively resolve them.”
“The Court should grant a writ of certiorari before judgment to ensure that it can provide the expeditious resolution that this case warrants, just as it did in United States v. Nixon,” he wrote.
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