The Courts Let Trump Run Out The Clock When He Was President. They’re Doing It Again.

Former president and current GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s top priority since being indicted in four different jurisdictions on dozens of felony charges has been clear: Delay the trials until after the election.

The Supreme Court gave Trump exactly what he wanted when it agreed to hear arguments on April 25 regarding Trump’s claim that he has an “absolute immunity” from federal prosecution for attempting to overturn his 2020 election loss.

By taking the case and scheduling a hearing on April 25, the court has radically increased the chances that the trial will not reach a verdict prior to the Nov. 5 general election. It wouldn’t be the first time the Supreme Court, like other federal courts, has helped Trump dodge the consequences of litigation by running out the clock.

During Trump’s presidency, the courts extended consideration of the disclosure of Trump’s financial records and his profiteering off of foreign and domestic governments for so long, neither case was resolved until after he’d left office.

Whether it was a direct Supreme Court decision or simply the fact that the judicial system can be exploited by those with means to create strategic delays, the courts have made sure that time is always on Trump’s side.

Trump’s financial documents

After Democrats won control of the House of Representatives in 2018, they launched investigations into Trump’s financial interests, from which he had refused to divest after he was elected. These investigations led three House committees to subpoena two banks, Deutsche Bank and Capital One, and one accounting firm, Mazars, for Trump’s financial records in April 2019. The committees claimed they needed the records to investigate corruption and financial fraud as