Trump files U.S. Supreme Court brief arguing for immunity from prosecution

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Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday filed a U.S. Supreme Court brief in his bid for immunity from prosecution for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, with the case due to be argued before the justices next month.

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd following a campaign rally Saturday, March 16, 2024, in Vandalia, Ohio.

Smith was appointed by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in November 2022. In August 2023, Smith brought four federal criminal counts against Trump in the election subversion case, including conspiring to defraud the United States, obstructing the congressional certification of Biden's electoral victory and conspiring to do so, and conspiring against right of Americans to vote.

The case once again thrusts the nation's top judicial body, whose 6-3 conservative majority includes three justices appointed by Trump, into the election fray. In a separate Supreme Court case to be argued on April 16, the justices have agreed to decide whether a man involved in the Capitol attack can be charged with obstructing an official proceeding - the congressional certification of the 2020 election results. That case has potential implications for Trump because Smith brought two obstruction-related charges against him.

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