Ex-president met deadline imposed by federal appeals case to keep the criminal case on hold as he prepares a last-ditch challenge
Lawyers for Donald Trump asked the US supreme court Monday to keep on hold the criminal case over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results while he prepares to challenge a recent appeals court ruling that found he was not immune from prosecution.
The former US president met the deadline to ask for a stay – imposed by the US court of appeals for the DC circuit – ahead of an expected petition to the nation’s highest court on the immunity issue, which his team has viewed as the best way to delay the impending trial.