Donald Trump’s lawyers are already trying to weaponize the Supreme Court’s landmark presidential immunity decision to knock down yet another case against him: this time, the classified documents scandal in South Florida.
As legal experts predicted, the Trump defense team has quickly seized on the “lone wolf” concurrence from Justice Clarence Thomas, which — in an unprompted fashion — called into question whether Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has the legal authority to even prosecute the former president.
On Friday afternoon, lead defense lawyer Todd Blanche asked federal Judge Aileen Cannon, who is overseeing the case, to pause it entirely.