Jack Smith is calling for swift resolution from the highest court in the United States.
The special counsel who's indicted former President Donald Trump for his alleged efforts to subvert the results of the 2020 election and his alleged mishandling of classified documents wants the Supreme Court to rule quickly on whether or not Trump is immune from prosecution.
As CNN reports:
Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked the Supreme Court to decide whether Donald Trump has any immunity from criminal prosecution for alleged crimes he committed while in office – the first time that the high court will weigh in on the historic prosecution of the former president.
The extraordinary request is an attempt by Smith to keep the trial – currently scheduled for early March – on track. Smith is asking the Supreme Court to take the rare step of skipping a federal appeals court and quickly decide a fundamental issue of the case against Trump.
With just weeks remaining until the Iowa caucus, Trump holds a significant advantage in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries. In a hypothetical general election rematch, Trump leads President Biden by an average of 2.2 points, according to the latest polling data from RealClearPolitics.
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