will: welcome to a special edition of jesse watters primetime. i m will cain in for jesse. we start with a fox news alert. a major blow for the democratic party. the supreme court today shot down special counsel jack smith s appeal to fast track trump s january 6th case, handing trump a christmas gift: time. jack smith, the overzealous prosecutor with a scraggly beard, tried to leapfrog the lower court of appeals and force a quick decision on the question of whether or not the former president should be granted immunity from his federal charges. why? to make sure donald trump spends the month of march stuck in a courtroom. trump, who s already been out of commission for the last two months over his fraud case in new york, will be taken off of the campaign trail. again, meaning no rallies, no fund-raisers. he will be forced back into the court the day before super tuesday when trump is supposed to be on the ballot in 16 states. it s been the biden campaign strategy all alo
the ingraham angle from new york city tonight. breaking news tonight, a major win for donald trump. the supreme court smacking down special counsel jack smith and declining to issue an expedited ruling on whether or not the former president has immunity in his 2020 election interference case. fox news senior congressional correspondent chad pier gram iss here with all the details. chad? good evening. this is a blow to special counsel jack smith. he asked the supreme court to accelerate whether the former president was immune from prosecution for allegedly interfering with the 2020 presidential election. the court denied smith s request. this slows down smith s prosecution of mr. trump. it could mean there is 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 election. team trump may want to drag this out. here s wh