Trump cites US Supreme Court obstruction case as reason to delay criminal trial

Reuters ^ | Andrew Chung and John Kruzel

[Fury]

Lawyers for Donald Trump on Thursday told the U.S. Supreme Court that the former president's criminal trial on charges of plotting to overturn his 2020 election loss should be delayed because the justices will hear a separate case in the coming months that could affect two of the counts against him.

[Fury]

Their filing cited several times a blog post by Lawfare’s Jack Goldsmith that called into question Jack Smith’s handling of the case against President Trump in DC.

[Fury]

Goldsmith’s blog post is here - https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-consequences-of-jack-smith‘s-rush-to-trial

[SteveH]

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-consequences-of-jack-smith's-rush-to-trial

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[Wpin]

This open persecution of President Trump is a constitutional crisis in and of itself...