rachel campos-duffy, and this is a special edition of the engber mingle, new york city tonight. breaking news tonight, major win for donald trump. the supreme court smacking down counsel jack smith and declining to issue an expedited on whether or not the former president has immunity in his 2020 election interference case. boxes. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is here with all the details chad. rachel, good evening. this is a blow to special counsel jackson as he asked the supreme court to excel consideration of whether the former president was immune from prosecution for allegedly interfering with the 2020 presidential election. but the court denied smith s request. this down smith s prosecution of mr. trump. it could mean there s no clarity on smith s probe until well into 2024. the federal trial was scheduled to start march 4th. this could mean the trial comes amid the political conventions or down the homestretch of the presidential. team trump may
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