Trump may now see just one of his cases conclude before voters head to the polls.
Share on linkedin Former President Trump returns from a break in his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 25 in New York City. Photo: Jeenah Moon-Pool/Getty Images
appears poised to hand former President Trump a much-needed win in his strategy of delaying his legal troubles past the electionThe high court seemed reluctant to fully resolve the question of presidential immunity, increasing Trump's odds that the Jan. 6 case does not conclude before the election.
"Under the circumstances, it's the best scenario he could hope have hoped for," Democratic strategist David AxelrodZoom in:before the Supreme Court oral arguments that if the court does not rule on immunity "quickly and decisively," it will have a "profoundly negative impact." "It cannot be that a president of the United States can attempt to steal an election and seize power but our justice system is incapable of bringing him to trial before the next election four years later," she wrote.Trump's ongoing New York criminal trial is shaping up to be the only one that will wrap up before November.
Usually arguments heard in late April bring decisions at the end of June or early July, although the high court could act with speed given the high-profile nature of the case.getting the case tried before the election is practically closed, or close to it," Randall D. Eliason, a former federal prosecutor and George Washington University law professor, told the
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