Donald Trump’s claim of presidential immunity against Jack Smith’s federal charges related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot may have failed in an appeals court, but it succeeded at the time-tested legal strategy of stalling for time, MSNBC acknowledged in a Tuesday report.
A three-judge appeals panel ruled Tuesday that Trump can face trial on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election, denying his assertions that his status as a former president grants blanket immunity. But the maneuver put Smith’s case on ice for a month, forcing a trial-start postponement that surely won’t be the last.