SCOTUS put Trump's Jan. 6 case on 'life support' by pondering his immunity claim: expert
February 29, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments in Donald Trump's broad claim of presidential immunity, and that decision put his federal election subversion case "on life support" – even if the justices ultimately rule against him.
The court will hear arguments April 22, with a ruling expected in late June, and that timeline could forestall his trials in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents trial in Florida and the Jan. 6 case in Washington, D.C., although MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissmann told "Morning Joe" he doesn't believe Trump will win his appeal but he doesn't think that will ultimately matter.
"Well, I'm very pessimistic," Weissmann said. "I do not have the view they took this case because they're going to hand out a win to Donald Trump in the Colorado case, but here, they're going to essentially give him a defeat by saying there is no presidential immunity in this case."
"Yes, of course, I think ultimately they will not grant immunity in this case, but they have given him the win because the D.C. case, let's just face it, is on life support now," Weissmann continued.
"It is really, really hard to figure out how this case gets to trial before the election," he added. "I think that's the end result of what they did here. They may ultimately say that he does not have immunity, but, in fact, he will have been given immunity because the case will not go to trial before the election."
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"If Joe Biden wins, the case goes forward," Weissmann concluded. "If he loses, the case is over. It is worth noting the other big picture item. Any normal politician, any person accused of a crime they did not do would want to clear his name."
"What's happening here is the reason one thinks it is a win for Donald Trump is he is trying to avoid at all costs the facts of what happened that are charged in this indictment, that they do not get represented in court where facts actually matter and people will hear it," he said. "So he can continue to say publicly that this is a smear campaign by the adversary and avoid having this confronted by a jury to assess those claims that he is making publicly."
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