'How can she schedule a trial?' Legal expert predicts SCOTUS immunity decision delays docs trial
Following the US Supreme Court's Tuesday decision to hear Donald Trump's argument of absolute immunity against prosecution, one legal expert predicts the April 22 date for oral argument will delay the MAGA hopeful's classified documents trial.
MSNBC legal correspondent Lisa Rubin wrote via X (formerly Twitter), "I thought SCOTUS would deny Trump a stay in the federal election interference case, not convert that motion into a petition for review and grant it. But as I wrote last week, Trump's motion to dismiss the Mar-a-Lago indictment on immunity grounds could have been a decisive factor."
Rubin continued, "And now, the court's decision to hear the immunity question on April 22 will likely influence Judge Cannon's scheduling conference in that case this coming Friday. After all, Trump's team will argue, with his immunity defense in the balance, how can she possibly schedule a trial at all? Watch them demand a stay of all proceedings."
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Several other legal experts have slammed the high court's move as a "political and traitorous decision" in favor of the former president."
