The #SupremeCourt that #Trump helped to shape tossed him a #legal lifeline on Wed, making a choice that substantially aided his efforts to #delay….

By taking up Trump’s claim that presidents enjoy almost total #immunity from prosecution for any ofcl act while in office —a theory rejected by 2 lower courts & 1 that few experts think has any basis in the #Constitution —the *justices* bought TFG at least several months before a #trial on the #ElectionInterference charges….

#criminal #law #Jan6

It is not out of the question that #Trump could still face a #jury in the case, in #Federal District Court in Washington, before #Election Day. At this point, the #legal calendar suggests that if the *justices* issue a ruling by the end of #SCOTUS’s term in June & find that Trump is not #immune from prosecution, the #trial could still start by late Sept or Oct.

#law #criminal #conspiracy #obstruction #ElectionInterference #Jan6 #TrumpIsAThreatToNationalSecurity #NationalSecurity

But w/each #delay, the odds increase that #voters will not get a chance to hear the #evidence that #Trump sought to subvert the last election before they decide whether to back him in the current one.

If Trump is successful in delaying the #trial until after #Election Day & he wins, he could use the powers of his office to seek to #dismiss the #ElectionInterference #indictment altogether. Moreover, #DOJ policy precludes prosecuting a sitting #president,….

#law #criminal #obstruction #Jan6

…The question of when the #trial will ultimately happen is complicated by Judge #Chutkan’s insistence that #Trump not lose any time to prepare for the proceeding while the pause in the case remains in effect. She has suggested in #court papers that, in the spirit of fairness, TFG should have an extra day to prepare for every 1 lost to the stay.

Chutkan froze the #ElectionInterference case on Dec 13. That means, if she sticks to her decision, she owes Trump an additional 82 days of prep time —