U.S. Supreme Court gives Special Counsel Jack Smith one week to respond to Trump immunity claim

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Special Counsel Jack Smith to respond by next Tuesday to former President Trump’s blanket immunity appeal in his stalled Jan. 6 election interference case. Chief Justice John Roberts gave prosecutors eight days to say whether they believe the top court should hear Trump’s explosive claim that he cannot be prosecuted for crimes he committed while in the White House. Trump met a Monday deadline to ask the Supreme Court to hear his appeal of a unanimous D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals panel’s ruling...