Special counsel Jack Smith is asking for a three-week delay to come up with a joint motion to proceed in the federal case against Donald Trump, pushing back a Friday deadline to outline each side’s path forward in the prosecution of the former president’s role on January 6.
D.C. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan had previously scheduled an August 16 hearing to clarify a path forward after the Supreme Court ruled her court must discern between official, protected acts Trump took as president and unofficial, unprotected acts, finally allowing the case to move forward.
