Trump is seeking delays in both the classified documents and Jan. 6 cases.
Donald Trump arrives to speak during a Team Trump Iowa Commit to Caucus event at the National Cattle Congress in Waterloo, Iowa, on Oct. 7, 2023.The special counsel leading both the classified documents probe and the Jan. 6 election interference investigation says that former Presidentis trying to delay both trials "at any cost," after Trump's attorneys filed a motion for a stay in the Jan. 6 case.
"President Trump respectfully requests that the Court stay all proceedings in this case pending resolution of his Immunity Motion," Trump's lawyers said in a public court filing.The request came on the same day that the judge in Trump's classified documents case, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, said she would considerEarly Thursday morning, special counsel Jack Smith's team alerted Judge Cannon to Trump's motion to stay in the Jan.
"As the Government argued to the Court yesterday, the trial date in the District of Columbia case should not be a determinative factor in the Court's decision whether to modify the dates in this matter," the special counsel said in the Thursday filing. "Defendant Trump's actions in the hours following the hearing in this case illustrate the point and confirm his overriding interest in delaying both trials at any cost.
Donald Trump arrives to speak during a Team Trump Iowa Commit to Caucus event at the National Cattle Congress in Waterloo, Iowa, on Oct. 7, 2023.in June to 37 criminal counts related to his handling of classified materials, after prosecutors said he repeatedly refused to return hundreds of documents containing classified information and took steps to thwart the government's efforts to get the documents back.
The special counsel's office has said that Trump is "not above the law" and is "subject to federal criminal prosecution like other citizens."
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