Trump using appeals process to 'delay his trial indefinitely': Supreme Court briefing

Donald Trump should face trial before the 2024 presidential election, a pro-democracy group said on Wednesday.

In an amicus brief, the anti-authoritarian group Protect Democracy advised the U.S. Supreme Court that Trump was trying to delay his federal election subversion case beyond the 2024 election.

The group asked the court to deny Trump's request to stay a lower court's ruling that found he did not have presidential immunity for election subversion.

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"Protect Democracy urges the Court not to enable defendant Trump's strategy of pressing an unfounded immunity defense to delay the trial in contravention of the law protecting the public interest in speedy criminal law enforcement," the brief began.

The brief advised the court that Trump intended to use the appellate process "to delay his trial indefinitely."

"For the foregoing reasons, the Court should deny defendant Trump's application," the filing concluded.