Donald Trump Asks Supreme Court For Another Pause In Election Conspiracy Case As He Seeks Appeal Of Presidential Immunity Decision

deadline.com:

Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court for another pause in his January 6 election conspiracy case Monday, as his attorneys work on an appeal of a decision that soundly rejected his claims of presidential immunity.

Last week, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Trump is not shielded from prosecution on federal charges that he conspired to remain in power after the 2020 presidential election.

The three-judge panel gave him until today to ask for a stay of the ruling. Without a stay, the case will restart and proceed to trial.

Trump’s attorneys wrote in their brief to the high court today that “the D.C. Circuit’s judgment seemingly authorizes the district court to conduct a criminal trial of President Trump based on his official acts before this Court concludes its review of this momentous question — thus subjecting the Presidency to the most intrusive possible ‘examin[ation] by the courts,’ id., and inflicting one of the gravest wounds to the separation of powers in our Nation’s history.” The trial in the case was originally scheduled for March 4, but that was taken off the calendar as Trump pursued his claim that he was immune from prosecution because the alleged acts took place while he was president.