Jack Smith: Supreme Court Shouldn't Pause Trump Election Case Over 'Presidential Immunity'

Special Counsel Jack Smith urged the Supreme Court to let the prosecution of former President Donald Trump move forward, opposing Trump’s bid to pause the case based on “presidential immunity”—marking a quick turnaround for Smith, who is fighting the clock to bring Trump’s case to trial before the election. Smith wrote Trump’s request for a stay should be denied because of the former president’s “failure to meet [the Supreme Court’s] settled standards,” adding a delay of Trump’s election case “threatens to frustrate the public interest in a speedy and fair...