The US Supreme Court has rejected special counsel Jack Smith's request to quickly review presidential immunity asserted by Donald Trump in his attack on Congress trial. Smith had asked the wise men to urgently consider immunity and bypass the normal appeals court process. A request for expedited review was rejected by the Supreme Court without explanation. The rejection poses a risk that the start of the trials against Trump will be postponed.
The Supreme Court's decision not to quickly consider the question of Trump's immunity represents a victory for the former president, who had asked wise men not to rush the review. Without explanation and without public dissent, the Supreme Court has indicated that it would let the appeals courts consider the matter first. If action is not taken quickly, there is a risk that the trials against Trump will be postponed, which will also have consequences for the election campaign. Smith, who urged the Supreme Court to expedite the review, had linked the Trump case to the Richard Nixon case in 1974, when the then-president was forced by the decision of wise men to release information to the White House that was in the Watergate process should be used.
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