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This is the best summary I could come up with:
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump on Monday filed a last-ditch request at the Supreme Court seeking to prevent his prosecution for attempting to overturn the 2020 election from moving closer to trial.
Trump asked the justices to put on hold an appeals court ruling that rejected his broad claim of presidential immunity in relation to events leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
The stakes are high because if the court rejects Trump's request, the case would return to Washington-based U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, with the possibility of a trial going ahead before the November election.
In a statement Monday, a Trump campaign spokesman said that without "complete immunity, the President of the United States will not be able to function properly."
"Even while the President is still in office, his political opponents will use the threat of future prosecution as a weapon, effectively blackmailing and extorting him to influence his most sensitive and important decisions," spokesman Steven Cheung said.
On Thursday, the justices heard arguments in yet another Trump-related case on the former president's attempt to avoid being kicked off the ballot in Colorado.
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