MSNBC host Jen Psaki accused the Supreme Court of giving former President Donald Trump “a major gift” in agreeing to consider his emergency petition.
Psaki centered her opinion editorial this week on the Justices agreeing to hear Trump’s claims of presidential immunity in Jack Smith’s election subversion case. Trump’s trial was initially slated to begin on March 4, but U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan removed it from the calendar. When the Supreme Court agreed to hear oral arguments in April, it possibly delayed the trial until later into the 2024 campaign or even after the election in November.
“By deciding to hear his outlandish claim of presidential immunity, the justices handed Trump the thing he covets most on a silver — or in his case, probably gold — platter: time,” Psaki wrote. “This decision leaves
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