'No-brainer': Legal expert predicts Trump's 'weak argument' will be crushed by High Court
Donald Trump might get the Supreme Court to weigh in on his "presidential immunity" argument as it relates to the criminal case he faces for alleged election subversion in D.C., but he isn't likely to win that fight, a legal expert said Saturday.
Former federal prosecutor Shan Wu appeared on CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta, and was asked to weigh in on the immunity argument and its chances of success before the nation's highest court. Trump has appointed several members of the top court.
A reporter accompanying Wu on the program stated that the "immunity question in the criminal case in D.C. with Judge Chutkan... has to be settled before Trump goes to trial." It's a right of the defendant, she added.
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Wu noted that the Supreme Court might choose to reject Trump's petition to hear the case.
"They could decline to take it to the court of appeals, but I don't think they will," he said.
Acosta then asked Wu, "Do you think the Supreme Court could say, yes, you have immunity in that case?"
"I think, legally, it's very unlikely. They haven't shown themselves to be fans of his arguments and this seems like a no brainer that it's a weak argument," he said.