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The Supreme Court Just Threw A Wrench Into Jack Smith’s 2024 Plans
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION
Katelynn Richardson
Contributor
December 13, 2023 12:52 PM ET
* The Supreme Court decided on Wednesday to take up a case that could have implications for special counsel Jack Smith’s 2020 election case against former President Donald Trump.
* The case involves a question about the scope of the “obstruction of an official proceeding” charge that has been brought against hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants.
* The statute is connected to two of the four charges against Trump.
The Supreme Court accepted a case Wednesday that could further complicate special counsel Jack Smith’s timeline for bringing former President Donald Trump to trial in Washington, D.C., on charges stemming from his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
The justices agreed Wednesday to take up a case challenging the scope of an obstruction law that has been used to charge hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants — along with the former president. The statute, Section 1512(c)(2), is connected to two of the four counts Smith levied against Trump in his indictment. (RELATED: Supreme Court Takes Case With Major Implications For Trump, Jan. 6 Defendants)
With two key charges in question, Trump’s March 4 trial date appears increasingly unlikely, despite Smith making every effort to maintain it.
“The decision by SCOTUS today to take up the appeal on the 1512 ‘obstruction of an official proceeding’ case means the Trump DC case will not be going to trial,” lawyer and former federal prosecutor Bill Shipley wrote on Twitter. “This is the easy way to make that happen without directly acting on the Trump case on an expedited basis.”
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READ MORE: https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/13/the-supreme-court-just-threw-a-wrench-into-jack-smiths-2024-plans/
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Special Counsel Jack Smith is now seeking to leapfrog the appellate court and ask for a ruling from the Supreme Court on Trump’s immunity claims. The only reason for this petition is to seek to guarantee a trial of Trump (and possible conviction) before the election…____________
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) December 11, 2023
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