good evening, i am abby phillip in washington. tonight, just one sentence from the supreme court may trigger eight train reaction for jack smith, donald trump, and every single voter in the 2024 election. the nine justices only required 11 words to turn down special counsel s request to rush and provide an answer to any central question. is donald trump ultimately immune from prosecution? the high court s decision to take special counsel case off the fast track ushers in a world of uncertainty. the special counsel now must go through the regular process. he and trump s lawyers will make their arguments before the d.c. circuit in january. on january 9th, just six days before the iowa caucuses. now, today s choice by the justices almost certainly guarantees that the trial, scheduled for march 4th a day before super tuesday, mind you will like and are we on schedule. and if the supreme court decides to take the case, and no one knows of course right now if that will ha
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