CNN Legal Expert Norm Eisen Predicts 2-3 Month Delay To Trump’s January 6th Trial After SCOTUS Decision

CNN legal analysis Norm Eisen predicted that former President Donald Trump’s January 6th trial will likely resume in 2-3 months despite the Supreme Court’s recent decision.

The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon rejected Special Counsel Jack Smith’s request to expedite the appeal regarding Trump’s presidential immunity argument. Trump has claimed that he is immune from criminal prosecution for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election because it occurred during his time as president.

Judge Tanya Chutkan has temporarily halted the criminal proceedings as the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals makes a ruling on Trump’s criminal liability. The Suprme Court’s decision to not bypass the circuit court will likely delay the overall trial from starting in March.

However, Eisen predicted during a panel discussion on CNN that the trial will likely start before the 2024 election as he believes Trump’s immunity claim will ultimately be rejected.  Eisen told CNN anchor Jim Acosta he thinks the trial would start again by Labor Day.

ACOSTA: Although Norm Eisen, as we were getting to you just before that last break, it doesn’t mean that this is not going to happen. But every delay for Donald Trump is a win.

EISEN: I think there is a breakpoint that Jeff and Evan were referring to that comes on Labor Day when you get the height of the political season. And in fact, there is an unwritten DOJ rule. Some say it’s a 90 day rule, some say it’s a 60 day rule that they’re not supposed to initiate action that could cast aspersions on a candidate that close to the election. But here we’re talking most likely about a 60 to 90 day delay in this trial. We may get another trial, the 2016 election subversion case in New York first, then roll into this case in May or June. It’s estimated to be 8 to 12 weeks. If we’re right about there being no absolute presidential immunity, which to me is a crazy idea. Then you are going to get this trial and you’ll get it on the books before Labor Day. And the polling suggests that once there is one conviction, much, much less, possibly two. We don’t know if there will be a conviction. That is a different kind of break point. The American people say, hey, a candidate who’s convicted, that’s very different. They don’t like that.

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