Legal Issues Facing Trump as His Lawyers Request Supreme Court to Review Immunity Status
Former President Donald Trump is embroiled in multiple legal battles across the country and is at the center of two court proceedings. Amid his pursuit of reelection, he faces involvement in four court cases this week. Indictments in Arizona and Michigan link Trump to election interference efforts, implicating key figures in his circle but not directly charging him. Former President Donald Trump is entangled in numerous legal disputes nationwide and is central to two court cases. As he aims for reelection, he grapples with four court cases this week. Arizona and Michigan indictments tie Trump to election interference schemes, involving prominent individuals close to him without direct charges against him.
Former President Donald Trump has been the focus of several legal stories across the country over the past day as he is also the center of two separate court proceedings.
The former president is seeking to win another term in the White House in November, but while his name has been in the headlines, it has also been at the center of four court cases this week.
Arizona ‘fake elector’ indictments
A grand jury in Arizona handed down indictments for 18 people within Trump’s orbit on Wednesday for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the Grand Canyon State.
Trump was not one of the 18 indicted, but he was strongly alluded to being “Unidentified Coconspirator 1” in the charging document.
“Defendants and unindicted coconspirators schemed to prevent the lawful transfer of the presidency to keep Unindicted Coconspirator 1 in office against the will of Arizona’s voters,” the 58-page indictment said.
Those indicted include attorneys Jenna Ellis, John Eastman, and Christina Bobb, along with Arizona GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward, state Sens. Jake Hoffman and Anthony Kern, and Turning Point Action Chief Operating Officer Tyler Bowyer.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat, announced the indictment in a video posted on Wednesday evening.
“As I have stated before, and we’ll say here again today, I will not allow American democracy to be undermined. It’s too important,” Mayes said.
Michigan ‘fake elector’ unindicted co-conspirator
Hours before the Arizona indictment was announced, Trump was also revealed to be an unindicted co-conspirator in a 2023 indictment of 16 people alleged to have attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election in that state.
Howard Shock, a special agent for the Michigan attorney general’s office, revealed Trump, Mark Meadows, and Rudy Giuliani as unindicted co-conspirators in the investigation.
The indicted people were charged with forgery and conspiracy to commit election forgery last year, and all have pleaded not guilty to the allegations levied against them.
Supreme Court oral arguments
On Thursday, the Supreme Court is set to hear a second case brought by Trump’s lawyers before the high court this year — with his presidential immunity appeal. Trump has argued he is immune to prosecution for his actions surrounding his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election because the president has broad immunity for his actions in office.
The argument from Trump was struck down by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, but the Supreme Court agreed to take up his appeal earlier this year. Oral arguments are slated to occur on Thursday before the full nine-justice panel.
The appeal from Trump on his basis of presidential immunity has paused the case brought by special counsel Jack Smith against Trump on claims the former president attempted to overturn the 2020 election.
Trump will not be in attendance for the Supreme Court oral arguments due to a different court case.
Hush money trial
The former president will be back in a Manhattan courtroom on Thursday as his hush money trial resumes.
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The trial, which began with jury selection last week, took its usual Wednesday break but will reconvene on Thursday, with Trump required to be in attendance.
Trump’s criminal trial in New York City is on charges related to alleged falsification of business records in relation to hush money payments made prior to the 2016 election. The former president has decried the charges and the trial as “election interference.”
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