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In August 2023, the justice department’s special prosecutor Donald Trump has just spoken ahead of the Supreme Court hearing, saying the court "has a very important argument before it today".
Jack Smith charged Trump with four counts of criminally conspiring to But he won't be there to hear it. The former president is in New York, where he is on trial for felony charges related to an alleged hush money payment.
overturn the 2020 election. "I should be there," Trump says, adding "we don't want a ceremonial president, we want a real president."
Trump pleaded not guilty, and in October, his lawyers filed We also have live coverage of his Manhattan trial - you can follow that here.
to dismiss the charges, claiming that their client enjoyed absolute
presidential immunity.
In December, US District Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected
Trump’s immunity claims, ruling that having served as president “does not
confer a lifelong 'get-out-of-jail-free' pass”.
Trump quickly appealed the decision and Smith asked
the Supreme Court to take up the case, expediting the appeals process.
The Supreme Court denied the fast-track request, and
a three-judge panel in a Washington DC court unanimously ruled in February
against Trump’s immunity claim.
By the end of February, the Supreme Court agreed to hear
the case.
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