The Supreme Court may have just ensured former President Donald Trump's election interference trial won't begin until after the 2024 presidential election, his former lawyer argues.
Tim Parlatore appeared on CNN on Wednesday evening to discuss with Jake Tapper the court's recent decision to consider Trump's presidential immunity defense in his federal election interference case.
"I personally believe that this decision takes the Jan. 6 trial off the board as far as doing it before the election," Parlatore said.
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This delay tactic could prove fatal for special counsel Jack Smith's prosecution as Trump, as the Republican frontrunner in the 2024 presidential election, could ultimately kill the case upon his return to the White House.
Parlatore believes the decision falls in line with the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg's tenet that presidential immunity issues should fall to the Supreme Court to make.
But he also argued that doesn't mean they'll strike down the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that found presidents don't have carte blanche to commit crimes.
"They very well may go through it and reach a very similar conclusion," he said.
Tapper then asked about estimates that put a potential court date in late August near Labor Day, just as Trump is predicted to be amping up his presidential campaigning.
"The timeline you laid out, that's if everything goes according to plan, that's if there's no other delays," Parlatore said. "A case of this magnitude never gets tried that quickly."
