Jack Smith Takes First Step To End Trump’s Cases

NBC News reports:

Special counsel Jack Smith has asked the judge in Donald Trump’s election interference criminal trial to hit pause on the process and give him a month to formally request how to move forward — likely the first step in ending the prosecution.

In a filing on Friday, Smith said that “as a result of the election” the prosecution “espectfully requests that the Court vacate the remaining deadlines in the pretrial schedule to afford the Government time to assess this unprecedented circumstance.”

The Justice Department has a longstanding policy against prosecuting sitting presidents. The DOJ had begun assessing how to end the cases against Trump after he won the election, sources told NBC News this week.

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BREAKING: Special counsel Jack Smith asks the judge in President-elect Trump’s election interference criminal trial to hit pause on the case “as a result of the election.” https://t.co/lKnrk04RCP

— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 8, 2024