Donald Trump just lost yet another ruling in his criminal trial

| 9:29 pm EST January 18, 2024
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Donald Trump’s Washington DC criminal trial is technically on “hold” while the U.S. Court of Appeals finishes ruling against him on presidential immunity. Trump rather hilariously seems to think this is a win for him, when in reality it’s just a procedural move. It shouldn’t delay his trial at all.

Trump seemed shocked when Jack Smith continued making court filings in the case even though it was technically on hold. Trump even had his attorneys bizarrely ask Judge Tanya Chutkan to hold Smith in contempt of court. But today Chutkan shot down Trump’s request and confirmed that Smith didn’t violate any rules.

To be as clear as possible, this filing by Trump isn’t a “delay tactic.” This kind of filing has no chance of delaying anything, not by a day, not by a minute. It’s simply a nonsense filing – the kind of thing a client demands and the attorneys go along with, even though it accomplishes nothing at all.

This is all just more desperation from a hapless Donald Trump, who can’t seem to figure out how to make anything go right for him in this criminal trial. It’ll get even worse for Trump once the Appeals Court ruling comes down any day now confirming that he doesn’t have presidential immunity. From there all it’ll take is a lack of interest from the Supreme Court, and Trump’s criminal trial will be cleared to start on time.