The special prosecutor investigating the attempts of former US president Donald Trump (2017-2021) for reversing the results of the 2020 elections He asked the Supreme Court that Monday decide on his presidential immunity. The prosecutor Jack Smith presented a document this Monday before the Supreme Court in which he asks the magistrates to intervene “as soon as possible” and decide whether a former president is “completely immune” from being indicted on federal charges or not.

Trump appealed to an appeals court a decision by a lower court judge who decided who does not enjoy presidential immunity in the process you face for interference in the 2020 elections, which gave victory to Joe Biden. Smith decided to go directly to the Supreme Court to settle this case given the “public interest” that exists in the process a few months before the electoral campaign begins. in which Trump seeks re-election.

In a statement, the Republican’s team has attacked the prosecutor, whom they called “deranged“and they accused him of being”obsessed” with interfering in the upcoming election and trying to prevent Trump from returning to the White House. “As President Trump has said time and time again, this prosecution is completely politically motivated. “It is an unprecedented attack against the political opponent of corrupt Joe Biden,” they stated.

Trial on March 4

On December 7, Trump’s legal team filed an appeal to have them automatically suspended all the proceedings of the Washington court considering your case. At the moment, the trial is scheduled to begin March 4, 2024 in the federal capital, a calendar that coincides with the presidential primary process of the Republican Party, in which Trump starts as a favorite.

Judge Tanya Chutkan, in charge of the process against the former president for trying to reverse the 2020 presidential elections with the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, denied his protection by presidential immunity, allowing the case to continue. ““Former presidents do not enjoy special conditions in their federal criminal responsibility,” wrote on a car.

Trump is accused in Washington DC of conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights.