Trump's Team 'Literally Popping Champagne' Over Supreme Court Taking Up Immunity Claim

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Trump's Team 'Literally Popping Champagne' Over Supreme Court Taking Up Immunity Claim - Lemmy.World

The former president is now highly unlikely to stand trial in the Justice Department’s election interference case before November The Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a massive victory on Wednesday by agreeing to rule on whether he is immune from prosecution for acts committed while he was president. The court will hear arguments on April 22 and won’t hand down a decision until June — which means it’s unlikely a trial in the Justice Department’s election interference case will commence before the election. If Trump wins the election, he’ll of course appoint an attorney general who will toss the case, regardless of how the Supreme Court rules this summer. By Wednesday night, Trumpland was celebrating. “Literally popping champagne right now,” a lawyer close to Donald Trump told Rolling Stone late on Wednesday.

Of note, this has nothing to do with the $450,000,000 and $83,000,000 bonds he needs to put up very soon
It doesn’t matter. He can hold off on liquidation until November and if he wins, (which would mean there’s a strong chance the Senate flips), have his cronies pass a, " lol god emperors don’t pay for summary judgements" bill.

No he can’t. The Special Monitor overseeing his assets and watching his books has the authority to start seizing assets until he’s satisfied the monetary requirements to appeal, and she can do that right now. And, there’s interest running on the meter until he does.

He’s gonna pay whether he likes it or not.

Yes he can. Unfortunately. We all get to watch this north of a dictator unfold in slow motion if Trump wins.

How? Given the powers that the Special Monitor has, how could he possibly avoid paying?

RNC certainly doesn’t seem like a likely option right now, and nobody else has ponied up the money.

He can pardon himself. And he will.
You cannot pardon a judgement in a civil case.