THE INDICTMENTS AGAINST TRUMP

HD postpones ruling on Trump's immunity

The US Supreme Court is denying a request by special prosecutor Jack Smith to make a quick decision on whether Donald Trump has immunity in criminal cases, US media reports.

It is a major setback for Smith and likely means that the trial cannot begin on March 4 as planned, but may be postponed until after HD's summer break next year, according to CNN. The presidential election is held in November.

The issue will now instead be heard by an appeals court in Washington DC, and can then be appealed to the HD.

Judge Tanya Chutkan has paused the Jan. 6 trial of Trump pending rulings by other courts on whether Trump was acting as the president or an individual politician when he called on his constituents to march on the Capitol.

If Trump is found to have acted as president, it could be a free pass, because si​ 

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Trump pressured election workers in recorded phone call

Then-President Donald Trump personally pressured two Republican election workers in Michigan not to approve the state's election results in the 2020 election. This is according to previously unknown recordings obtained by The Detroit News.

- We have to fight for our country. We can't let these guys take our country away from us, Trump is heard saying in the recorded phone call on November 17, 2020, two weeks after the election.

Trump and then-party chief Ronna McDaniel, who also attended the call, promised to arrange lawyers for the two election workers.

In a comment, Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung says that Trump "acted according to his duty as president to ensure the integrity of the election," writes Reuters.