How the US Supreme Court delayed Donald Trump’s legal reckoning over 2020 election

© The Financial Times Limited 2024. All Rights Reserved. Not to be redistributed, copied or modified in any way. Ever since Donald Trump was charged with seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential polls, his lawyers have argued a trial should not take place until after the 2024 election or risk tainting the vote. The odds […]

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Ever since Donald Trump was charged with seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential polls, his lawyers have argued a trial should not take place until after the 2024 election or risk tainting the vote.

The odds are now in Trump’s favour, after the US Supreme Court on Wednesday determined it would hear his appeal over claims that presidential immunity shields him from the Department of Justice’s indictment.

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