Attorneys for former President Donald Trump told the Supreme Court Wednesday there’s no rush to decide his claims of presidential immunity from charges connected to Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election — and that deciding now could interfere with the 2024 contest.
Trump has sought to delay a trial currently scheduled for March on charges connected to his effort to overturn his loss in the 2020 election, arguing that he is immune to the charges because he was president at the time and was acquitted by the Senate in an impeachment trial after he left office. In court papers filed with the justices Wednesday, Trump argued that the effort by Special Counsel John L. “Jack” Smith “cannot avoid the appearance of partisanship” in the leadup to the 2024 election.
Trump’s attorneys have criticized the “hasty analysis” of the issues involved in the case by District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, who turned down Trump’s effort to jettison the case.
