I am a senior reporter based in London covering breaking news, with a focus on legal issues including the Supreme Court and litigation against Donald Trump. I previously covered politics and news for Vanity Fair and Mic, and as a theater critic I served as a member of the New York Outer Critics Circle.
Former President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court Monday to weigh in on whether his federal charges for trying to overturn the 2020 election should be thrown out because of “presidential immunity” after a federal appeals courtTrump asked the high court in a filing Monday afternoon to intervene in his federal criminal trial and delay it while he files a formal request for the Supreme Court to hear the case in full.
The ex-president has sought to have the four federal charges against him thrown out because he claims to have “absolute immunity” from prosecution, given that the charges arise from actions he took while president—and he believes presidents should be immune even when their actions “ Trump’s criminal case has been on pause while the appeals process has been playing out, and his appeal to the Supreme Court keeps the case on hold until the high court rules, as it would have otherwise started moving forward again on Tuesday now that the appeals court rejected his motion.
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