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With Donald Trump's lawyers expected to file an appeal to the Supreme Court by Tuesday asking for a stay of a lower court's ruling that he should not be afforded presidential immunity for crimes committed while in office, former DOJ official Mary McCord predicted doom for his bid.

During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Weekend," McCord told the hosts that she could see the court denying Trump's appeal outright, setting the stage for Judge Tanya Chutkan to proceed with her Jan. 6 trial as soon as possible.

Speaking with the MSNBC hosts, McCord explained that the lower court's ruling is ironclad and that may prompt the court to skip reviewing it and deal with more important matters.

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Asked about Trump filing an appeal, McCord first joked, "His lawyers have been pretty busy this past weekend and probably haven't gotten it written yet."

"The Supreme Court could grant cert just based on the motion — they did that in Bush v. Gore. Or they could grant the stay and give him a deadline to file his petition, two weeks or something like that, something shorter than normal. Or they could deny the stay," she explained.

"I do think it's entirely possible they will deny this stay and deny cert even when a petition comes because it was unanimous, ruling, it covered all the bases," she elaborated. "They don't have to agree with every point made by the [Appeals Court] judges to affirm. If they think that there is not -- they think that the ultimate conclusion was correct, even if there are bits and pieces that are not weight-bearing in that opinion that they don't agree with — they don't have to take it just to correct those."

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Appearing on CNN early Saturday morning, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Harry Litman dismissed an attempt by one of Donald Trump's co-defendants in the Georgia RICO trial by making new accusations about Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

At issue is an attorney for Michael Roman, a former Trump campaign official, claiming they have proof that Willis was engaged in an affair with special prosecutor Nathan J. Wade earlier than she claimed and, thus must be taken off the prosecution of Trump and his multiple co-defendants for election tampering.

Speaking with CNN host Victor Blackwell, Litman stated the claims have no bearing on the trial by stating, "It's a big so what?"

Asked about the significance of the claim, Litman shot back, "Legally none."

"It's really similar to what we're just talking about, it's a big so what, except it could have legs as a political talking point," he explained.

"The question is for this case before the judge, is there any conflict of interest?' he continued. "Bad move, for sure, to have started in a relationship with him before, after, during whatever. The legal question is does this in some way impair the office's ability to vigorously prosecute, and the answer is clearly no."

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"The latest response by the defendant is just a way of keeping alive salacious allegations that really have nothing to do with the issue in front of the court in terms of the prosecution itself," he concluded.

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