Justice Department Asks Supreme Court To End Delays Of Trump’s Jan. 6 Trial
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The former president, should he win the White House in November, would be able to order federal prosecutors to drop any unresolved charges against him.
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to delay Donald Trump’s trial for his coup attempt any further, calling a quick resolution of those criminal charges a matter of utmost importance for the country.
“The charged crimes strike at the heart of our democracy,” special counsel Jack Smith wrote in a 39-page brief filed with the court Wednesday evening. He called Trump’s actions an “effort to perpetuate himself in power and prevent the lawful winner of the 2020 presidential election from taking office.”
“The national interest in resolving those charges without further delay is compelling,” he wrote.
The former president on Monday asked the high court to freeze that prosecution through two more rounds of appeals — a request that, if granted, could put Trump in a position of ordering the Department of Justice to dismiss all federal cases against him, should he win back the presidency this autumn.
Trump is arguing to the Supreme Court that his riling up his followers with lies about a “stolen” election that culminated in the violent assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to keep him in power was, in fact, an “official” act of the presidency for which he cannot be prosecuted. He also claims he cannot be prosecuted for his actions because the Senate failed to hit the two-thirds supermajority needed to convict him on that impeachment. What’s more, he argues that the Founders always intended for presidents to enjoy total immunity.
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