1 Jan 2024 4:01 pm
Jack Smith Has a Winner on This One’: Ex-Trump White House Lawyer Predicts Old Boss Will ‘Swiftly’ Lose Immunity Claim
Isaac Schorr
Jim Schultz, who served as an associate White House counsel under Don McGahn for former President Donald Trump, predicted that his old boss would lose his claim to immunity on CNN Monday.
Asked about Trump’s argument that he is immune from criminal prosecution for acts he committed during his time in office, Schultz predicted that Special Counsel Jack Smith would “swiftly” get the better of Trump on this point.
“So Jack Smith has a winner on this one, right? I do not believe that the Supreme Court — it is now, the Supreme Court rejected the idea of expediting this — but it still goes to the D.C. Circuit Court, and it’s common knowledge in the legal community, D.C. Circuit Court is kind of the warm-up act for the Supreme Court,” argued Schultz. “A lot of Supreme Court justices have come from the D.C. Circuit and this this this is the right tribunal to be hearing it. And I think in this instance, the D.C. Circuit Court is going to act swiftly, and I think they’re going to knock down this immunity claim, you know, very swiftly.”
Isaac Schorr
Jim Schultz, who served as an associate White House counsel under Don McGahn for former President Donald Trump, predicted that his old boss would lose his claim to immunity on CNN Monday.
Asked about Trump’s argument that he is immune from criminal prosecution for acts he committed during his time in office, Schultz predicted that Special Counsel Jack Smith would “swiftly” get the better of Trump on this point.
“So Jack Smith has a winner on this one, right? I do not believe that the Supreme Court — it is now, the Supreme Court rejected the idea of expediting this — but it still goes to the D.C. Circuit Court, and it’s common knowledge in the legal community, D.C. Circuit Court is kind of the warm-up act for the Supreme Court,” argued Schultz. “A lot of Supreme Court justices have come from the D.C. Circuit and this this this is the right tribunal to be hearing it. And I think in this instance, the D.C. Circuit Court is going to act swiftly, and I think they’re going to knock down this immunity claim, you know, very swiftly.”