Special counsel points to long shadow of Trump’s refusal to concede, ’embrace’ of Jan. 6 rioters in evidence preview

Special counsel Jack Smith (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite). Inset: Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks to the crowd during a caucus event, Dec. 2, 2023, at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette via AP).

Background: Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington (AP Photo: J. Scott Applewhite). Inset: Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks to the crowd during a caucus event, Dec. 2, 2023, at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette via AP).

On the heels of a federal judge regaining jurisdiction in Donald Trump‘s Jan. 6 election subversion case, attorneys working under special counsel Jack Smith have asked for a brief delay to file a proposed agenda for additional proceedings in light of the “new precedent” the Supreme Court set with its sweeping ruling on presidential immunity.

As Law&Crime previously reported, presiding U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan set a status conference for the parties for Aug. 16. It was expected that she would begin to sort through a proposed schedule and broach the subject of which elements of the four-count felony indictment would remain.

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