Court pauses 'all deadlines in Trump’s DC prosecution': report

Days after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to expedite its decision on Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution, the court has placed "all deadlines" in special counsel Jack Smith's 2020 election interference case against the MAGA hopeful on hold, according to Politico's Kyle Cheney.

Cheney reports via X (formerly Twitter), "JUST IN: All deadlines in Trump's DC prosecution are on hold pending Trump's immunity appeal. But Jack Smith is filing things based on the suspended deadlines to speed things along should the case resume."

This comes minutes after the Politico reporter wrote, "JUST IN: US appeals court in DC set arguments on Trump's presidential immunity appeal for Jan. 9. One of the judges wanted to wait for SCOTUS to decide whether to take the case before scheduling this, but she was outvoted."

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In response to Cheney's reporting, MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin listed more deadlines in the case via X, writing, "So here's the holiday schedule in Trump legal: Trump's brief opposing SCOTUS's direct review on the immunity issues is due 12/20 by 4 p.m.; in the meantime, his brief to the D.C. Circuit on the same questions is due 12/23 with further briefs due from [special counsel Jack] Smith on 12/29 and Trump again on 1/2."

She continued, "Oral argument now follows in the D.C. Circuit on 1/9—but none of the D.C. Circuit schedule holds if SCOTUS takes the case. And sandwiched on either side of the D.C. Circuit argument? Both sides' post-trial briefs are due in the NY A.G.'s civil fraud case, in which Trump's written directed verdict motion was just denied, on 1/5. Closing arguments in that case follow on 1/11, with the Iowa caucuses on 1/15 & E. Jean Carroll's second trial opening the next day. I'm exhausted already."

Cheney added, "How fast could the appeals court rule on Trump's immunity claim after oral arguments? The court in Georgia just showed us that complex decisions on matters of national urgency can take … a single business day."

He was referring to former Trump chief of staff and Fulton County co-defendant Mark Meadows' denial from a federal appeals court Monday on his bid to move his Georgia case to federal court.

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