'Suppression of evidence': Liz Cheney issues warning to SCOTUS on Trump immunity case

Former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney took aim at the U.S. Supreme Court and warned the justices to move quickly in their consideration of Donald Trump's claims of presidential immunity in regards to criminal charges that he interfered in the 2020 election.

Trump's legal team will go before the Supreme Court on April 25 to argue that he's immune from the Jan. 6 charges, which were leveled against the former president last year in special counsel Jack Smith's case in Washington D.C.

Speaking at Drake University's Annual Bucksbaum Distinguished Lectureship Wednesday night, Cheney warned that if the court delays making a decision, it would basically amount to withholding evidence from the public.

"When [Trump] now is pushing this idea that a president should have complete immunity against any criminal prosecution for anything he does in office and he's pushed this appeal to the Supreme Court, I think it's very important that the Supreme Court recognizes what he's doing is a delaying tactic," Cheney said.

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"It cannot be the case that a president of the United States can attempt to overturn an election and seize power and that our justice system is incapable of holding a trial and holding him to account before the next election," she continued.

Cheney went on to say that she trusts the court will "deal in a responsible and expeditious fashion with this appeal," but if it delays making a decision, it would amount to "suppression of the evidence."

"The American people have a right to see that evidence, and the court ought to recognize that," she said.

As Newsweek points out, Cheney was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump for his alleged role in sparking the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. She lost the GOP primary election in 2022 to Trump-endorsed Representative Harriet Hageman.