The hush money case will resume in New York while the Supreme Court hears arguments on Trump’s immunity bid in his federal election case.
Former President Donald Trump sits in Manhattan criminal court on April 23. He'll be back at the same table on Thursday — but he may be thinking about a different court proceeding 200 miles away. | Pool photo by Timothy A. Clary, but he’d prefer to be in Washington, where the Supreme Court will hear arguments on the most acute criminal threat he faces: his federal prosecution for interfering with the 2020 election.
If the justices — including three of Trump’s own appointees — agree with the former president, they will effectively quash those charges. They would also permanently alter the presidency itself. The culmination of those efforts, Smith argues, came on Jan. 6, 2021, when an increasingly desperate Trump used the cover of a riot at the Capitol to continue attempting to block Biden’s victory.Trump fumes while Biden hits the trail
But even if the justices ultimately rebuff Trump’s maximalist view of presidential power, as many legal scholars expect, Trump has already benefited from the immunity bid. His appeals have stalled Smith’s case against him in Washington since December, even though a federal district judge and a three-judge appeals court panel rejected Trump’s arguments.
If Trump wins the election, he could order the Justice Department to immediately dismiss all federal charges still pending against him. | Pool photo by Brendan McDermid
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