Justices set oral argument for the week of April 22, likely delaying Donald Trump’s D.C. election-obstruction trial until at least late spring or summer.
Former president Donald Trump returns to the courtroom before testifying in his civil fraud case in New York on Nov. 6. The Supreme Court will review Donald Trump’s unprecedented claim that he is shielded from prosecution for actions taken while in office, further delaying the former president’s federal trial in the nation’s capital on charges of conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss to remain in power.
“We cannot accept former President Trump’s claim that a president has unbounded authority to commit crimes that would neutralize the most fundamental check on executive power — the recognition and implementation of election results,” wrote the three judges, two nominated by Biden and the third by President George H.W. Bush.and give him time to seek a rehearing by a full complement of D.C. Circuit judges.
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