Trump lawyers say federal prosecutors are trying to rush election case

Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Donald Trump have signalled their desire to invoke the 2016 election in the former president’s trial on charges of scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Lawyers for Donald Trump told a federal appeals court on Wednesday that it should not speed up its consideration of whether the former president is immune from prosecution.

Mr Trump’s legal team accused federal prosecutors of trying to rush his 2020 election subversion case through before next year’s presidential vote.