'He is wrong': Jack Smith destroys Trump's immunity arguments in new filing
Special Counsel Jack Smith on Saturday filed his brief debunking Donald Trump's arguments related to presidential immunity from criminal charges while he was in office, stating simply, "He is wrong."
The former president appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit after Judge Chutkan ruled that to grant him immunity from charges related to alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 election would effectively make the ex-president a "king." Smith sought to expedite the conclusion by leapfrogging straight to the Supreme Court, but the nation's top judicial body rejected that request and insisted in seeing a traditional appellate review.
With the appeals court already working at faster-than-usual speeds, Smith has now filed his "brief in the pending immunity fight before the D.C. Circuit," according to attorney Bradley P. Moss....