Trump has a new plan to stop Jack Smith's case 'dead in its tracks': Legal expert
Former President Donald Trump has reacted to Judge Tanya Chutkan's rejection of his "presidential immunity" claims by filing an appeal. But this is much more than a regular appeal — it's essentially a move to put the entire trial, down to the last detail, on hold, and stall out the case.
That's the view of legal expert Lisa Rubin, who weighed in on MSNBC's "All In" on Thursday.
"This was wholly expected, we watched this from the beginning," said anchor Chris Hayes. "He filed a motion saying you can't try me at all, I have immunity, Judge Chutkan wrote, I thought, a very persuasive opinion saying that is nonsense, we can. Now they want to, what? What are they asking be done?"
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"They're asking for a stay of all proceedings before Judge Chutkan," said Rubin. "It's not just a pause in the trial, it's a pause of everything — pretrial motions, discovery, et cetera — until his appeal can be fully resolved."
What that means, she continued, is "not just an appeal to the D.C. Circuit, but potentially an appeal to the Supreme Court."
"So when you talk about running out the clock, it's certainly possible that we could get through this appellate process and give Judge Chutkan time before the 2024 election to try this case," said Rubin. "But Donald Trump is going to try every play in the book, both to stay the case pending appeal, and then to delegate that appeal and not expedite it so that he doesn't have to be tried before November, in the hopes that by January he can stop this case dead in its tracks."
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