‘A significant obstacle’: Trump lawyers blame ‘hardships imposed’ by Hurricane Milton to push back ongoing challenge of Jack Smith’s authority in Jan. 6 case

Trump seeks Jan. 6 delay based on Hurricane Milton

Left inset: Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York (AP Photo/Evan Vucci). Right: This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken at 11:46 a.m. EDT and provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Hurricane Milton in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024 (NOAA via AP).

Defense lawyers for Donald Trump asked his Jan. 6 judge for extra weeks to file documents relating to discovery, presidential immunity, and a renewed challenge of special counsel Jack Smith’s authority, telling the judge that Hurricane Milton wreaked serious havoc — “displacing and severely disrupting Florida defense counsel[.]”

The Monday filing from attorneys Todd Blanche, Emil Bove, John Lauro and Gregory Singer asked U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to push back a Nov. 7 deadline to Nov. 21 so they can file three separate documents on the proposed new date: a response in support of their motion to toss the case based on presidential immunity; a reply in support of the argument Mar-a-Lago case Judge Aileen Cannon accepted in July, that Smith was unlawfully appointed and unlawfully funded; and a motion to compel “immunity-related discovery” from the prosecution.

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