The Supreme Court denied a petition from Special Prosecutor Jack Smith to expedite Donald Trump’s appeal of the presidential immunity issues in his Jan. 6 case.
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Smith had argued to the Supreme Court that allowing the appeal to move along its normal course would likely delay the trial, saying that it was of “imperative public importance” to resolve the case.
“The United States recognizes that this is an extraordinary request,” he wrote. “This is an extraordinary case.”
Trump shot back this week that Smith had no standing to ask for the sped up appeal because he had won at the district level, and peppered the special counsel with accusations that the case was only urgent for “partisan” political reasons.
The Supreme Court did not issue any explanation in its order for why it denied the request.
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