Posted on 11/08/2024 10:58:20 AM PST by Red Badger
Washington — The federal district judge overseeing the case against President-elect Donald Trump related to the 2020 election agreed to forego current deadlines to allow special counsel Jack Smith and his team more time to assess the "unprecedented circumstance" arising out of his election Tuesday to serve a second term in the White House.
Smith asked U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in a one-paragraph filing for additional time to "determine the appropriate course going forward consistent with Department of Justice policy." He said prosecutors will provide more information to the court by Dec. 2. Chutkan quickly granted Smith's request and tossed out the remaining deadlines she had set. She ordered the government to submit to her a report "indicating its proposed course for this case going forward" by Smith's proposed early-December deadline.
Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the race for the White House on Tuesday and will be sworn-in for a second term on Jan. 20. As a result of Trump's victory, the Justice Department and special counsel's office are discussing how to wind down the ongoing federal prosecutions against Trump.
The Justice Department has a longstanding policy against prosecuting a sitting president.
Citing the outcome of the election and Trump's upcoming inauguration, Smith told the court that the deadlines in the pretrial schedule should be tossed out "to afford the government time to assess this unprecedented circumstance."
Trump is facing four federal charges in the case arising out of what Smith alleges was an unlawful scheme to subvert the transfer of power after the 2020 election. He pleaded not guilty and has denied wrongdoing.
Proceedings in the case were halted for months as Trump pursued claims that he was immune from federal prosecution all the way up to the Supreme Court. The high court ruled in July that former presidents cannot face charges arising from official actions taken while in the White House.
The case returned to Chutkan in August, and a grand jury returned a new indictment against Trump that narrowed the allegations against him to comply with the Supreme Court's ruling. The two sides have been arguing in court papers about whether the new charges can stand.
Trump was also charged in a separate case brought by Smith in South Florida stemming from his alleged mishandling of documents marked classified and efforts to impede the Justice Department's investigation. But the 40 charges brought against him were tossed out earlier this year after U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was overseeing the case, ruled the special counsel's appointment was unconstitutional.
Smith appealed that decision, and he and Trump's lawyers have submitted filings on the issue of whether the special counsel's appointment should stand.
Because there’s a new Sheriff in town......fools.
In sum: It was pure propaganda and election interference. It was never about “crimes” or “justice.” The DOJ has just admitted it.
Wouldn’t it be better to get a ruling, so Trump doesn’t have this hanging over his head when he leaves?
Not surprising given what I’ve read in the last 24 hours. So it seems like Manhattan is the wild card. And given what fat a$$ Leticia James has said it seems like Albany should be watched as well.
Just as they admitted that the laptop was real by admitting it as prosecution evidence in Hunter’s trial.
the gig’s up and the judgie realizes it
The real purpose of the lawfare against Trump was an attempt to keep him from being reelected. Now that this has happened, I expect that all of the bogus charges will be eventually dropped. It was good to see that the lawfare actually achieved the opposite of what was intended and was a positive factor in Trump’s reelection.
And having had this effect, will preclude it from ever being used again.....................for a while............
Trump FBI needs a look at the bank accounts, emails and text messages between Chuktan, Marchan, Smith, Garland, and Democrat Senators for collusion, bribes, etc.
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Not tired of winning.
Wouldn’t it be better to get a ruling, so Trump doesn’t have this hanging over his head when he leaves?
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Trump can pardon himself.
President Trump will issue pardons, even for himself. This will make allegations moot. Hit the road, Jack.
The cases are not dead. This is just a time out.
jack smith moves into dithering mode ...
Winning the popular vote by a significant margin helps.
“Wouldn’t it be better to get a ruling, so Trump doesn’t have this hanging over his head when he leaves?”
absolutely ... AND there are numerous points of law and points of jurisprudence that ought be settled resulting form the egregious bias and malfeasance committed by judge merchan and Biggs ...
biden could also cut those appeals off at the knees with a pardon, too ... the Dems and their propaganda media allies could then claim that trump was a convicted fellow who required a Presidential pardon to stay out of the hoosegow, whereas letting appeals take their natural course would result in Trump being exonerated and scathing opinions issued regarding the egregious behavior of Biggs and Merchan ... fortunately, the Dems [and their supporters] aren’t smart enough for such a strategy ...
Judge Chutkan said the presidential election make any difference to the proceedings. I guess she was wrong.
I don’t know looks pretty dead to me. We know this was all political bs and now the nation the people have said enough of this crap. The media influence is now minimal on shaping any narrative on Trump and he doesn’t care what they say. Most likely Biden pardons him anyhow because there isn’t any down side
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