Jack Smith asks court to pause appeal of Trump's classified documents case

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Scripps News/AP

Posted 7:06 PM, Nov 13, 2024 and last updated 8:01 PM, Nov 13, 2024


Special counsel Jack Smith asked a court Wednesday to pause prosecutors' appeal seeking to revive the classified documents case against President-elect Donald Trump in light of the Republican's presidential victory.

Smith’s team has been evaluating how to wind down the classified documents and the federal 2020 election interference case in Washington before Trump takes office because of longstanding Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot be prosecuted.

The case accusing Trump of hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate had been seen as the most legally clear-cut of the four indictments against Trump, given the breadth of evidence that prosecutors say they had accumulated. That included the testimony of close aides and former lawyers, and because the conduct at issue occurred after Trump left the White House in 2021 and lost the powers of the presidency.

But U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case in July, ruling that Smith was illegally appointed by the Justice Department.

Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/political-scandals/jack-smith-asks-court-to-pause-appeal-of-trumps-classified-documents-case

[Lonestarblue]

1. I hope Smith goes back to The Hague. He should not stay in the US.

[kerouac2]

2. Justice dept policy

What is the statue of limitations on this stuff? Can't they just wait out his rule.

[toesonthenose]

3. It's a federal case, so he can just pardon himself if it isn't dismissed.

[FBaggins]

4. I don't think they're asking for a 4-year pause

This is a pause for 2-3 weeks while they continue to consider what they want to do.

Smith has a reply brief due tomorrow if the court doesn't grant the pause.

[polichick]

5. Anyone else would have been arrested and jailed until trial...

Then found guilty on many counts - stealing, hiding, obstruction, selling secrets, etc.

There would have been no campaign.

Fact: Biden is president. He has the option of quickly replacing Garland with someone who respects the rule of law and honors the oath he or she took. What should have happened could still happen (except the campaign).

Since Biden has made an attempt to normalize the situation with his WH meet and greet rather than use his final weeks in office to protect the Constitution, it seems clear that a deal has been cut with the oligarchs.

[LauraInLA]

7. i will never believe that Biden has "cut a deal with the oligarchs".

[republianmushroom]

6. And so it goes.

45 months and counting