Former President Donald Trump was handed a gift this week with the delay in his 2020 election subversion case after the Supreme Court agreed to hear his argument that he is immune from prosecution, raising the possibility of delay in his other federal criminal case.
Trump’s lawyers have argued he should be shielded from prosecution for his efforts to reverse President Joe Biden‘s election victory because he was president when he took those actions, an assertion that has not survived lower court scrutiny. The former president has made delaying his two federal criminal cases until after the 2024 election a cornerstone of his legal strategy, as he would have the power to dismiss those charges if reelected.
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a primary election night party at the South Carolina State Fairgrounds
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