A federal judge has agreed to pause the election interference case against the US President-elect Donald Trump
A federal judge has agreed to Special Prosecutor Jack Smith’s request to pause the election interference case against US President-elect Donald Trump in the first indication that cases against him are crumb
Washington Federal Court Judge Tanya Chutkan granted the request on Friday.
In a one-page motion, Smith asked the judge to end the deadlines set for the proceedings because to the “unprecedented circumstances” because the “defendant” is going to be certified as president on January 6 and inaugurated on January 21.
The pause will give the government time to assess the situation and report to the court on December 2 how it wants to proceed, he said.
By tradition, the federal Justice Department does not prosecute sitting presidents.
A local judge in New York has set sentencing on November 26 in the case he was convicted of criminally manipulating account books to hide payments he made to a porn star who had claimed she had a tryst with him.
Since that case was brought by a local prosecutor who was elected to the position as a Democrat, it can continue.
