Left: Special counsel Jack Smith turns from the podium after speaking about an indictment of former President Donald Trump (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin). Center: An undated photo shows U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan (Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts via AP, File). Right: Trump stands on stage at the Libertarian National Convention in May 2024 (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana).
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Thursday asked the judge in his Jan. 6 prosecution to keep a stay in place for a month so that the defense and special counsel Jack Smith can file their “immunity appendices” at the same time — after the 2024 election has come and gone.
On Oct. 10, several days after Smith’s immunity brief went public, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled that the prosecution’s redacted appendix should also go public since Trump’s “‘concern with the political consequences of these proceedings’ is not a cognizable legal prejudice.” At the same time, the judge stayed her order and gave Trump’s team seven days to “evaluate litigation options.”
