The Supreme Court said Friday it will not immediately take up a plea by special counsel Jack Smith to rule on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted for his actions to overturn the 2020 election results. The ruling is a win for Trump and his lawyers, who have sought repeatedly to delay this and other criminal cases against him as he seeks to reclaim the White House in 2024. It averts a swift ruling from the nation’s highest court that could have definitively turned aside his claims of immunity and pushed the case toward a trial scheduled to start on March 4. The issue will now be decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which has signaled it will act quickly to decide the case. Special counsel Jack Smith had cautioned that even a rapid appellate decision might not get to the Supreme Court in time for review and final word before the court’s traditional summer break.
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Former President Trump pressured two members of the Wayne County (Mich.) Board of Canvassers not to certify the 2020 election, Detroit News state politics reporter Craig Mauger writes, citing audio recordings. Trump's false claims of voter fraud in Detroit and his allies' efforts to overturn Michigan's election results in 2020 play a major role in his indictment on charges related to Jan. 6, Axios' Sareen Habeshian reports.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani filed for bankruptcy on Thursday, listing debts of up to $500 million.
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