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The US supreme court announced on Wednesday evening that it will consider Trump’s claim of presidential immunity after an appeals court ruled against him, creating a delay that will either push the DC criminal trial over Trump’s attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss late into the 2024 presidential election – or derail the case entirely.
The court had the option of rejecting Trump’s appeal without hearing the arguments. Instead, it set oral arguments for the week of 22 April. That means even if the justices come to a speedy decision – say, in early May – the trial would be pushed off until mid-summer at the earliest. That might not be enough time to actually hold the trial before the election, and plays right into Trump’s explicit legal strategy of trying to delay his criminal trials.
The court will consider whether, and to what extent, “a former president enjoys presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct alleged to involve official acts during his tenure in office”.
Lower-court judges have unanimously ruled against Trump, writing withering opinions of his arguments; legal observers widely expect that the US supreme court, which has a six to three conservative majority, will agree.
The issue is the timeline.
The DC trial is on hold until the justices issue a ruling – and as the Guardian’s Hugo Lowell wrote on Wednesday, the best estimate of the trial date will come “by adding 87 days to the date of the supreme court’s final decision”.
By those calculations, even if the court issues a rapid decision in early May, the case may not be ready for trial until August.
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CREW * - Trump’s mounting court fines make him an even bigger threat to national security
February 29, 2024
After multiple losses against E. Jean Carroll and New York Attorney General Letitia James, Donald Trump is facing judgements that could end up costing him upwards of $600 million.
But these rulings are more than a financial headache for Trump, they are an unprecedented opportunity to buy influence with a leading presidential candidate and a sitting president should he be re-elected.
Trump came into office in 2017 carrying huge amounts of debt and at least two years of eight-figure losses while overseeing a struggling international business empire. ...
Trump left the presidency with at least $1.1 billion dollars in debt tied to the COVID-weakened commercial real estate market, the vast majority of which would come due in a hypothetical second term in office. ...
But the recent judgment in New York may change things – and may make it a whole lot harder to find a bank to loan him money.
In order to appeal, which his lawyers say he plans to do, he must put the full amount of the verdict in escrow or secure a bond – which makes him a massive target for corruption.
“The New York judgment barred him from borrowing from any financial institution 'chartered by or registered with' the state. But a friendly fellow billionaire, a bank that doesn’t do business in New York or even a foreign entity could all do the trick, especially if they’re hoping to curry favor with the former - and potentially future - president.”
* CREW = Citizens for Responsible Ethics in Washington
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