What's next as Trump tries to stave off his 2020 election trial? All eyes are on the Supreme Court
All eyes are on the Supreme Court in Donald Trump’s federal 2020 election interference case
WASHINGTON (AP) — In Donald Trump's federal 2020 election interference case, all eyes are on the Supreme Court, whose next moves could determine whether the former president stands trial in Washington ahead of the November election.
An appeals court panel on Tuesday unanimously rejected Trump's claims that he is immune from prosecution, with the judges saying they cannot accept the idea that former presidents are “above the law for all time" once they leave the White House.
The ruling forces Trump to move quickly to ask the conservative-majority Supreme Court to intervene in the landmark case accusing Trump of conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden. Otherwise, the case — which has been on hold since December — will be re-started at the trial court level, and special counsel Jack Smith's team has strongly pushed for jurors to hear it this year.
