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  Special counsel Jack Smith asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to reject former President Donald Trump's request to delay his Washington D.C. case on charges of election interference. On Monday, Trump filed an emergency motion with the nation's highest court to pause an appeals court ruling that rejected his claims of presidential immunity. Smith told the high court there was no reason for a stay in the case. Smith wants the Supreme Court to allow Trump's election interference case to move ahead. "Delay in the resolution of these charges threatens to frustrate the public interest in a speedy and fair verdict – a compelling interest in every criminal case and one that has unique national importance here, as it involves federal criminal charges against a former President for alleged criminal efforts to overturn the results of the Presidential election, including through the use of official power," Smith's team wrote. Trump's defense team sa...

Special counsel Jack Smith wants the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if former President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election were protected by presidential immunity. Smith is moving forward on two fronts to have the matter in the D.C. case decided before the March 4, 2024, trial date. "The United States recognizes that this is an extraordinary request," prosecutors wrote in their request to the Supreme Court. "This is an extraordinary case." Smith wants to fast-track Trump's appeal to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, but he wants the nation's highest court to weigh in first. "This case presents a fundamental question at the heart of our democracy: whether a former President is absolutely immune from federal prosecution for crimes committed while in office or is constitutionally protected from federal prosecution when he has been impeached but not convicted before the criminal proceedings begin," prosecutors wrote. T...