In a segment on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Thursday morning about the Supreme Court's highly anticipated ruling on Donald Trump's bid for absolute criminal immunity, one prosecutor predicted the nation's highest court will punt it back to U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Tanya Chutkan.
Having said that, State Attorney for Palm Beach County Dave Aronberg claimed that could turn into a big win for special counsel Jack Smith.
Speaking with "Morning Joe" co-hosts, Aronberg agreed that there was no reason for the Supreme Court to drag its feet on that ruling that should be fairly obvious were it not for the conservative bent of the court.
Asked, "What's the holdup?" he detailed where the court is at the moment.
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"Some would say the Supreme Court is putting its thumb on the scale of justice here, refusing to hold Donald Trump accountable for his actions," he explained. "Jack Smith saw this possibility and went to the Supreme Court and said, 'Hey, why don't you come in now before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rules and let's get this out of the way,' and the Supreme Court said 'No, no, no, that's too early.' Then after the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a very thorough, very powerful ruling, the Supreme Court intervened anyway and that's why so many of us are just so upset about what happened because the Supreme Court is supposed to be apolitical."
"This does not look apolitical, and, yet it looks like Trump will not get absolute immunity, but he wins by losing, as [MSNBC legal analyst] Lisa Rubin said, by delaying this matter, by delaying the trial until after the election when he can become president and then call it all off," he continued before elaborating. " I do think it's likely though that the Supreme Court will issue a ruling that will send the case back to Judge Chutkan for some fact-finding, to determine whether Trump's conduct falls within his duties of office and whether there's immunity, and so that will mean that there is no trial before the election."
"But Judge Chutkan who is motivated to get this thing going, said she will cancel her vacation if necessary and could hold this public hearing where a lot of the evidence will come out into the public of Trump's involvement in and before January 6, so Jack Smith could get a bit of a victory even if he loses," he added.
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