Former President Trump is under fire after declining to voice
support for a national abortion ban.
His latest bid to delay his New York hush money
trial was just rejected,
and the special counsel is calling on the Supreme Court
to deliver a legal blow to Trump's immunity claim.
This morning, Special Counsel Jack Smith is now urging the
Supreme Court to reject former President Trump's claim that he's
immune from prosecution in the 2020 federal election case.
In a brief filed with the court,
Smith writing a bedrock principle of our constitutional order is
that no person is above the law,
including the president. In a separate case,
a New York appellate judge denied Trump's last ditch attempt
to delay his criminal trial,
where he's accused of falsifying business records to cover up
hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.
The judge released the questionnaire given to potential jurors asking
them if they ever attended a Trump rally or belong
to a group such as Q Anon the Proud Boys.
Opening statements are now tentatively set for next Monday.
Trump denies Daniels claim and has pleaded not guilty to
all criminal charges.
Meanwhile, Trump is facing backlash from both sides after releasing
a new statement on abortion saying the matter should be
left up to individual States and whatever they decide must
be the law of the land,
in this case the law of the state.
Abortion rights have won in all six states where it
has been on the ballot,
including in conservative states like Kansas,
Kentucky and Ohio. President Biden pointing out that 21 states
have banned or severely limited access to abortion.
Since Roe was overturned, Donald Trump just endorsed every single
state ban on reproductive care nationwide.
Donald Trump is the reason Rose ended.
Some Republicans are now criticizing Trump for not endorsing a
nationwide ban,
including Trump's. Former Vice President Mike Pence called Trump's statement
a slap in the face to the anti abortion voters
who supported him in 2016 and 2020.
Trump says he supports exceptions for rape,
incest, and the life of the mother.
He has not said if he also supports exceptions for
the mother's health.