Trump Steps Off Campaign Trail

Despite the Iowa caucuses being less than a week away, Donald Trump said he will be attending oral arguments before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on whether he is immune from prosecution for election subversion.

Playbook: “Trump’s visit to Washington to attend oral arguments that don’t require his presence is the latest example of how the former president is using the criminal indictments against him to steal attention from his primary rivals…”

“The political press corps would normally be hyper-focused on the final days of campaigning by the candidates in Iowa this week. Instead, all eyes will be on Trump’s courtroom appearance today — and again on Thursday, when Trump says he will attend the closing arguments in his civil fraud trial in New York.”