By EFE
01 Sep 2024, 23:28 PM EDT
On August 26, U.S. special prosecutor Jack Smith asked a federal appeals court to revive the criminal case against Donald Trump; in response, The Republican’s legal team will seek to delay the former president’s electoral subversion case until after the presidential election following the Supreme Court’s ruling regarding the immunity of his acts as a representative.
In a joint document, the attorneys general and the New York magnate’s legal team presented opposing proposals on how to move forward in the case accusing him of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election.
While prosecutors suggested a review to get around the Supreme Court ruling, Trump’s defense proposed a timetable to address certain pretrial disputes, which could drop some of the charges against him and extend the process until at least early 2025.
The New York tycoon’s team argued that the indictment issued by prosecutors last week still contains allegations for which Trump, as a former president, would be entitled to immunity, and that they could seek to have the case dismissed.
The special prosecutor in charge of investigating that case, Jack Smith, On Tuesday, the US Supreme Court filed a new indictment toning down the former US president’s allegations to comply with the Supreme Court’s ruling on the immunity of his actions as president.
Smith maintained the four previous charges, including conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, but he dropped some allegations about his plans for election subversion.
Specifically, according to The Washington Post, he withdrew those linked to Trump’s efforts to get the Justice Department to support his claim that there had been electoral fraud in the 2020 election, which was won by Democrat Joe Biden.
The Supreme Court ruled in July that the former president could not face charges related to his exchanges with members of the Justice Department. considering that his interaction with that cabinet was part of the powers of his position.
On January 6, 2021, about 10,000 people – most of them Trump supporters – marched on Congress and about 800 stormed the building as Biden’s victory was being certified. Five people were killed and nearly 140 officers were injured.
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