'Not a surprise': Special counsel seeks 3-week delay in Trump's election interference case
Raw StorySpecial counsel Jack Smith has asked a federal court in Washington, D.C. for more time in former President Donald Trump's election interference case as prosecutors grapple with the Supreme Court's recent immunity ruling. Judge Tanya Chutkan's court had scheduled a status conference for Aug. 16 and instructed attorneys to file a joint status report by Friday proposing a schedule for pretrial proceedings. However, prosecutors said in court documents posted on the social media site X they are still reviewing the immunity ruling handed down by the Supreme Court in Trump v. United States. Read also: Time to indict Trump's alleged co-conspirators in federal Jan. 6 case: law professor Prosecutors asked — and Trump's team did not object to — an extension to submit another joint status report by Friday, Aug. 30, and continue the scheduled status conference until a convenient day thereafter.