Trump Request to Supreme Court Could Further Delay Election Case Trial

Supreme Court’s decision could determine whether the Republican presidential primary frontrunner stands trial in the case before the November election.

Supreme Court justices pose for their official photo. (Front, left-right) Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Elena Kagan. (Back, left-right) Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson at the Supreme Court in Washington, on Oct. 7, 2022. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump, in his Monday emergency petition to the Supreme Court, made an additional request that could add another delay to his federal election case trial.

While petitioning the high court to extend the delay in his federal election interference trial, President Trump’s lawyers indicated their intention to further prolong the delay by also requesting that the full District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals weigh in. Only after that process would they file a formal appeal to the Supreme Court, they wrote. This could delay the restart of trial preparations by weeks if not months.