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Wednesday, October 2 brought a major development in Jack Smith’s election interference case against former President Donald Trump when Judge Tanya Chutkan unsealed a 165-page legal brief from the special counsel. Smith, in the filing, makes a comprehensive argument for proceeding with the indictment and is mindful of the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial 6-3 immunity ruling in Trump v. the United States. The High Court, in that decision, ruled that a U.S. president enjoys immunity from criminal prosecution for “official” acts committed as part of “core” duties but not for “unofficial” acts. A…

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