(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court on Friday decided not to intervene in former President Donald Trump’s criminal case for now, saying it wouldn’t decide a key question of whether he is broadly immune for actions he took challenging the 2020 election.
The high court denied without comment special counsel Jack Smith’s request asking the justices to step over the typical appeals court process and quickly decide the legal question, which is core to Trump’s criminal prosecution in Washington, D.C., over allegations of conspiring to upend President Joe Biden’s victory.
While the Supreme Court initially agreed on Dec. 11 to expedite briefing over whether to take up the matter, the justices sided with Trump, marking a small but notable victory for the Republican front-runner seeking to delay his criminal trial at every juncture.
