Trump and Jack Smith seek three-week delay of 2020 election case

Published August 8, 2024 7:33pm ET



Former President Donald Trump‘s attorneys and special counsel Jack Smith requested a three-week delay to proceedings in the federal 2020 election subversion case, citing a need to further evaluate the Supreme Court’s recent presidential immunity ruling.

“The Government continues to assess the new precedent set forth last month in the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. United States … including through consultation with other Department of Justice components,” according to the joint status report filed to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan.

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