Trump urges US Supreme Court not to expedite 2020 immunity claim

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a request by federal prosecutors to immediately review his claim that he cannot be prosecuted for trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat.

Trump made the court filing in response to an extraordinary request by U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith that if granted would put Trump's claim of criminal immunity before the justices even as a lower court races to rule on the issue. Prosecutors have accused Trump, a Republican, of attempting to obstruct Congress and defraud the U.S. government through schemes to reverse Democrat Joe Biden's November 2020 election win.