CNN: “Big victory for Trump’s efforts to delay criminal trial rulings as much as possible”
Trump’s strategy to delay the ruling and then win the presidential election and pardon himself.
CNN reported on the 28th (local time) that the U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear former U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim of immunity in connection with his trial on charges of attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The Supreme Court decided to begin hearings on April 22nd.
CNN pointed out that Trump’s strategy of trying to delay the ruling until after the presidential election in November worked as the trial on the merits was delayed due to the Supreme Court’s decision to hear the case.
Trump’s team has responded with a strategy of delaying the trial of the four criminal cases indicting him as much as possible and then pardoning himself or having the Justice Department drop the indictment if he is elected in the November presidential election.
Accordingly, Trump’s side recently appealed to the Federal Supreme Court, dissatisfied with the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to ban Trump from running as a Republican candidate pursuant to the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits public officials who participated in the insurrection from holding public office.
CNN evaluated that the Supreme Court’s decision to hear this was a victory for Trump in two ways. If the president’s claim of unlimited immunity is accepted, not only will it be advantageous in various criminal cases, but the trial may be delayed for a considerable period of time.
Meanwhile, Steve Vladek, a professor at the University of Texas School of Law, argued that the fact that it took two weeks for the Supreme Court to decide whether to begin hearing immunity claims suggests that there is behind-the-scenes manipulation. Trump’s team requested an immunity hearing from the Supreme Court on the 12th after the Federal Circuit Court rejected the immunity claim.
Professor Vladek emphasized that this Supreme Court decision will delay Trump’s trial for inciting the Capitol riot by at least 3 to 5 months, and that this is a big victory for Trump.
Source: Donga
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