The Supreme Court's decision not to hear arguments on Donald Trump's presidential immunity argument in his federal election interference case is not the victory the former president claims it to be, a conservative attorney said Friday night.
"I don't think this is a big win," George Conway told Jack Tapper on CNN. "I think it actually shows the weakness of Donald Trump's immunity claim."
Conway argues the decision — or lack thereoff — won't delay Special Counsel Jack Smith's case past the point of no return because the Court of Appeals now tasked with hearing Trump's argument is already ready to go.
"They set this case down for argument on January 9," Conway notes. "I would not be surprised if we saw a decision from them in a matter of days."
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Should the court lift Judge Tanya Chutkan's stay — her ruling that the proceedings can't continue until the immunity decision is decided — it will be up to Trump's lawyers to get the case to the Supreme Court, Conway says.
"All of a sudden you will see reversal and Trump is going to say you've got to move fast," Conway predicts.
And even if Trump can get the case to the Supreme Court, Conway believes they'll be ready to hear by early summer, and it will be a tough case he'll have to make to the justices.
"The cases he relies on are civil cases, and that does not carry on over to immunize a president from committing crimes against the very country he's sworn to uphold the laws of," Conway said.
"[The justices] could easily decide he got his crack in the Court of Appeals."
