A federal judge in Washington has formally postponed Donald Trump’s March trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election as a key legal appeal from the former president continues to work its way through the courts.
All Trump wants is to delay until the general election. If he can even get remotely close to the general or ideally past it, then he can claim he won and that he has “presidential immunity” again.
I’m wondering if his campaign even really cares about getting to the general before these cases start. If he can push it past March, he’ll more than likely be the GOP candidate (barring a literal miracle), and then he can crow all about “oh the judges are just treating me horribly, you can’t try a presidential candidate it’s against the law etc etc etc” in front of his rallies, and on the debate stage, and in the courtroom.
Yeah, I think it is essentially over. He successfully ran out the clock already. By the time the Supreme Court hears the immunity appeal he will already be the nominee, and it is extremely unlikely they will haul him into court after that due to the optics of interfering with the election.
The scarier scenario is the Supreme Court silently waits to see if he wins, and then the conservative justices rule in his favor that he has absolute immunity if he does win. That would essentially be the end of democracy in this country.
All Trump wants is to delay until the general election. If he can even get remotely close to the general or ideally past it, then he can claim he won and that he has “presidential immunity” again.
I’m wondering if his campaign even really cares about getting to the general before these cases start. If he can push it past March, he’ll more than likely be the GOP candidate (barring a literal miracle), and then he can crow all about “oh the judges are just treating me horribly, you can’t try a presidential candidate it’s against the law etc etc etc” in front of his rallies, and on the debate stage, and in the courtroom.
Yeah, I think it is essentially over. He successfully ran out the clock already. By the time the Supreme Court hears the immunity appeal he will already be the nominee, and it is extremely unlikely they will haul him into court after that due to the optics of interfering with the election.
The scarier scenario is the Supreme Court silently waits to see if he wins, and then the conservative justices rule in his favor that he has absolute immunity if he does win. That would essentially be the end of democracy in this country.