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The Supreme Court has scheduled that session on the last day of the justices' oral argument calendar.
The Supreme Court's determination will clarify whether Trump can face a criminal trial in a federal court in the District of Columbia for his role in reversing the 2020 election result during the January 6, 2021, Capitol assault, or if, on the contrary, he is protected by presidential immunity, as the events occurred just days before he left office.
The trial against Trump in Washington should have started this week, but the former president's lawyers asked the Court to rule on the decision of a lower appellate court, which determined that the former president could not shield himself with immunity in his legal process for trying to subvert the 2020 elections won by Joe Biden.
The Supreme Court decided at the end of last month to consider the case, something that was heavily criticized by some legal experts, as it gave wings to Trump's argument, who claims he had total immunity in the exercise of his office.
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The criminal process against Trump for the January 6, 2021 assault is suspended until the Court rules, and the start of the trial could be delayed until after the general elections on November 5.
If the Republican proclaims himself the winner, he could pressure the Department of Justice to drop the federal charges against him.
The Supreme Court has a majority of six conservative justices and only three progressives, and for Trump to put this case of electoral obstruction in their hands was the most desirable outcome.