<p>The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/supreme-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Supreme Court</a> announced on Wednesday that it is taking up the issue of whether former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> can invoke presidential immunity to shield himself from federal prosecution.</p>
<p>A decision was made weeks after a U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit panel <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/appeals-court-denies-trumps-immunity-claim-in-2020-election-interference-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruled against</a> the immunity claim in the 2020 election case against Trump brought by special counsel <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jack-smith" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jack Smith</a>.</p>
<p>The high court <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/23a745.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scheduled</a> an oral argument for the week of April 22, 2024, which legal experts noted makes it <a href="https://twitter.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/1762963078075818021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unlikely</a> a trial could be held before the 2024 election in which Trump is seeking another White House term.</p>
<p>Andrew Weissmann, a former federal prosecutor who worked in special counsel Robert Mueller&#8217;s Russia inquiry into Trump, <a href="https://twitter.com/AWeissmann_/status/1762965590245822531" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;The SCOTUS stays DC case and expedites hearing the Trump appeal on immunity. But every day of delay operates as granting Trump de facto immunity.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-deals-blow-to-jack-smith-refuses-to-quickly-take-up-trump-immunity-claim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied</a> a bid by Smith in December to fast-track consideration of the immunity claim while Trump&#8217;s lawyers <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-624/293865/20231220140543301_23-624%20-%20U.S.%20v.%20Trump%20-%20Brief%20in%20Opposition%20to%20Petition%20for%20Certiorari%20Before%20Judgment%20-%20Filed.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> the question should be considered in a &#8220;cautious, deliberative manner.&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump has pleaded not guilty in the federal case in which he is accused of unlawfully plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. His lawyers <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/05/trump-election-case-immunity-motion-00120225" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed to dismiss</a> the case in October by arguing that Trump&#8217;s actions were &#8220;within the heartland&#8221; of his &#8220;official duties.&#8221;</p>
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<p>U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, rejected Trump&#8217;s immunity claim, <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-appeals-ruling-rejecting-immunity-claim-as-window-narrows-to-delay-federal-election-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> that the defendant&#8217;s &#8220;four-year service as Commander in Chief did not bestow on him the divine right of kings to evade the criminal accountability that governs his fellow citizens.&#8221;</p>
<p>The ensuing fight over immunity in the appeals process resulted in the proceedings getting held up. The judge has <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/08/28/judge-sets-march-4-trial-date-for-trumps-federal-election-interference-case/?sh=50ff4b547905" target="_blank" rel="noopener">set</a> the trial to start on March 4, 2024 — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-trumps-trial-schedule-lines-up-with-the-2024-election-calendar" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one day before Super Tuesday</a> — but that plan has since <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/02/02/donald-trump-federal-trial-delayed/72448799007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fallen by the wayside</a>.</p>
<p>Trump is facing three other criminal cases, including another one led by Smith over the former president&#8217;s handling of classified documents, as well as civil litigation. He has broadly denied any wrongdoing and has argued that politically motivated prosecutors are conducting a &#8220;witch hunt&#8221; against him. Trump recently cited presidential immunity in a request to <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/02/23/trump-classified-documents-presidential-immunity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">get the documents case dismissed</a>.</p>

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