On Thursday, leading 2024 presidential candidate and 45th President Donald Trump's March 4 trial date brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith due to Trump questioning the results of the 2020 presidential election was postponed indefinitely and removed from the federal court's public calendar.
The Washington Post reports that Trump's presidential immunity defense is likely the cause of this victory. The Post described the removal from the calendar as "a sign of what has long been anticipated — that his claim of presidential immunity from criminal prosecution would delay his trial while it remains on appeal." Trump's presidential immunity appeal renders District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan powerless since she's not allowed to establish a new trial or impose additional requirements on the defense until a higher court responds.
The United States Constitution's Impeachment Judgement Clause gives all presidents, including President Trump, presidential immunity. The clause outlines that cases "shall not extend further than to removal from Office," meaning that a president may only be charged with an indictment in cases where the president has been impeached and convicted by trial in the Senate. Trump is also legally up against District Attorney Fani Willis, who has just been subpoenaed to testify at a February 15 hearing for a motion to disqualify her for an improper romantic relationship with her special prosecutor, Nathan Wade. Trump is also up against Jack Smith over Trump's supposed "mishandling" of classified documents. Sadly for Smith, Trump has the ultimate defense for this indictment as well!
Trump turned Jack Smith's frivolous federal indictment of him on its head when he cited the Presidential Records Act as a defense. The Presidential Records Act is a 1978 law that allows presidents to decide what records to keep and take, regardless of what the National Archives and Records Administration thinks. Finally, Trump is up against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg over a $130,000 payment to adult film "star" Stormy Daniels made by his former lawyer and now-convicted liar, Michael Cohen. During Bragg's 2021 Democrat primary race, Bragg campaigned on suing the Trump administration, promising to do so over 100 times.
Even far-left CNN has called Bragg's indictment of Trump "so weak," reporting the indictment may "raise substantial ethical concerns — but are not matters that should be addressed in a courtroom." Bragg, not Trump, could face prison if he is the one responsible for leaking Trump's frivolous indictment to the press. In New York, leaking grand jury testimony is a Class E felony and carries a prison sentence between one to five years.
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