The Supreme Court refused to take up the immunity case of former president and leading GOP contender Donald Trump on Friday.
"The petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment is denied," they said.
Trump had sought to have the DC, J6 case against him dismissed on grounds of presidential immunity. The DC Court of Appeals was scheduled to hear the case on January 9, but special counsel for Joe Biden's Department of Justice Jack Smith wanted to expedite the matter.
That will now not happen, as the date will have to wait until January. If Trump loses at the appeals level, he will likely petition the Supreme Court himself to hear the case. The Supreme Court often prefers to let a lower court decide before taking up a case themselves. Trump's lawyers had written a filing asking the Supreme Court to not take up the case until the appellate court issued their ruling in January.
Trump's attorneys said that the extreme importance of the case "calls for it to be resolved in a cautious, deliberative manner — not at breakneck speed."
Trump brought the case to the appellate court in an attempt to dismiss the federal felony indictment brought by Smith in the J6 case. His claim is that he couldn't be charged for actions he took while he was still holding the presidential office.
DC Judge Tanya Chutkan disagreed and issued a 48-page order denying his motion for dismissal.
Smith preferred to have the case before the Supreme Court so that it would be decided faster and he could proceed with the case at hand, which he has indicated he would like to have finished and done by the time the 2024 election rolls around.
This is a breaking story and will be updated.
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