It remains to be seen whether the trial in special counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case against former President Donald Trump will go ahead as scheduled in March 2024 or be delayed. Trump is claiming he enjoys “absolute immunity” from prosecution because he was still president in late 2020 and early 2021 — a claim that Judge Tanya Chutkan has flat-out rejected, ruling that presidents don’t enjoy a “divine right of kings” in the United States. Smith is hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will eventually rule on the matter; in the meantime, the special counsel continues to build his case ag…
