The Supreme Court decides, in effect, there will be no Trump trial before the election ROBERT REICH JUL 1 Friends, The Supreme Court just decided, along party lines, that Trump will enjoy immunity in the federal election case in Washington from any allegation in the indictment concerning his “official acts” while President. The court has remanded the case to the trial judge, Tanya Chutkan, to determine which of the allegations should be thrown out because they involve official acts. The practical consequences of this ruling: The case United States vs. Donald Trump will almost certainly not be concluded before the election, meaning that a verdict against Trump could be rendered meaningless if Trump is elected and he orders the Justice Department to, in essence, throw the case out. Allegations in the indictment concerning Trump’s dealings with the Justice Department, in which he sought to install a loyalist, Jeff Clark, as acting attorney general in order to claim there was fraud in the election, will probably be thrown out by Judge Churkan. Allegations that Trump tried to strongarm his vice president, Mike Pence, into using his role overseeing the election certification proceeding on Jan. 6, 2021, to throw him the election, will in all likelihood be thrown out as well. The Supreme Court has ordered up a similar fact-finding process on most of the remaining allegations in the indictment — those concerning Trump’s attempts to pressure state officials into helping him win the election as well as his plot to gin up false slates of electors declaring that he won in states he actually lost. It’s doubtful that these will be found to be within his official duties. Please watch our video, above.