‘NO CHANCE’: MSNBC Legal Expert Gives The Left Bad News About Trump’s DC Case

On Monday, legal expert Joyce Vance delivered her distinct opinion on the likelihood of former President Donald Trump’s impending trial in Washington, D.C. taking place before this November’s election. According to Vance, there is “absolutely no chance” of the trial proceeding in that timeframe, setting the stage for more political drama as Trump faces four felony charges related to his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.

The scheduled March trial date was previously postponed by District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan while Trump’s appeal regarding presidential immunity was still under consideration. The maneuver effectively delayed any possibility of a trial before the election, a scenario that has significant implications for Trump and the 2024 election.

“So there’s absolutely no chance this one is getting to trial,” Vance started. “That’s because the way the Supreme Court structured this decision, Judge Chutkan will make her rulings and if she permits any of the charges to go forward, any of the allegations in the indictment to remain in place, indicates that the government can use any of this evidence despite Trump’s claims that it’s all now cloaked in presidential immunity, there will be a round two appeal.”

“The way immunity works and the Supreme Court makes this clear. The whole point of having immunity is you shouldn’t have to stand trial for charges that you have immunity from. So Trump will inevitably take objection to anything that she permits to move forward. You know, I look back longingly on our days when we all assumed presidents like anyone else in the country could be prosecuted for criminal conduct.”

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The Supreme Court ruled in early July that presidents have immunity for official acts, effectively vacating Judge Tanya Chutkan’s order denying that immunity. The Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling clarified that a former president holds absolute immunity for core constitutional powers, although this does not extend to unofficial acts. The opinion emphasized that the lower court must determine “whether a prosecution involving Trump’s attempts to influence the Vice President’s oversight of the certification proceeding in his capacity as President of the Senate would pose any dangers of intrusion on the authority and functions of the Executive Branch.”

A groundbreaking ruling by the Supreme Court could also pave the way to reduced sentences for individuals in prison or facing charges stemming from the January 6th, 2021 Capitol breach, including former President Trump. In a split 6-3 decision, justices found that the Department of Justice overstepped its authority when charging hundreds of protestors with obstruction of official congressional proceedings on the day that Congress met to certify the results of the 2020 elections.

For more than three years, defendants and their attorneys have argued that the federal statutes used against them were too ambiguous, describing criminal acts that required tampering with documents or resources, not just unlawfully entering the Capitol building. However, the six-member majority noted that obstruction crimes could be applied to rioters if they were found guilty of physically interfering with the delivering of the states’ Electoral College certifications to the floor of the House that day, CNN reported.

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