Special counsel Jack Smith argued against former President Donald Trump’s claims of presidential immunity in his federal election interference case in a brief filed Saturday with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
On Dec. 22, the Supreme Court denied Smith’s request to provide expedited review of an appeal of a district court ruling by Judge Tanya Chutkan that rejected a motion by Trump’s attorneys to dismiss the charges from a four-count indictment of Trump secured by Smith in August.
Trump asserted he was acting in his official capacity when he contested the 2020 presidential election in a brief filed with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Dec. 23.