This was decided by Judge Tanya Chutkan to give the special prosecutor, Jack Smith, time to evaluate how to proceed after the Republicans’ victory in Tuesday’s elections.
Judge Tanya Chutkan agreed Friday to pause Donald Trump’s trial in Washington over the attack on the Capitol to give special counsel Jack Smith time to evaluate how to proceed. after the Republican victory in Tuesday’s elections.
The judge authorized that the current deadlines be suspended and that the government would present its deliberations on the way forward in this criminal case by December 2, as Smith requested.
The prosecutor requested the pause to explore how to proceed in line with Justice Department policy, which prevents investigations of presidents while they are in office and would therefore force Smith to close the case.
The Republican said this during the campaign on his first day as president would fire Smith and order the Justice Department to close the cases against him which, he claims, were motivated by political persecution.
Trump faces four parallel criminal trials: the two federal and two others in local courts in New York and Georgia.
The only one where there has been a conviction is in New York for falsifying company data to cover up a payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels, with whom he is said to have had an affair in the past, to prevent damage to his to live. Campaign 2016.
Source: EITB
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