Trump lawyers blame 'hardships imposed' by Hurricane Milton to push back ongoing challenge of Jack Smith's authority

Source: Law & Crime

Oct 28th, 2024, 10:26 am
Updated Oct 28th, 2024, 12:29 pm


Update: Judge Chutkan has granted Trump the extension he requested, noting the Special Counsel’s Office did not oppose it.

MINUTE ORDER as to DONALD J. TRUMP: Defendant’s unopposed 273 Motion to Continue Filing Deadlines is hereby GRANTED. The court’s 233 Order and 10/03/2024 Minute Order are MODIFIED as follows: Defendant’s combined Response and Renewed Motion to Dismiss Based on Presidential Immunity is due November 21, 2024; the Government’s combined Reply and Opposition is due December 5, 2024; and Defendant’s combined Reply and Sur-Reply is due December 19, 2024. In addition, the deadlines for Defendant’s Motion to Compel Immunity-Related Discovery and Reply in Support of Motion for Leave to File a Motion to Dismiss Based on the Appointments and Appropriations Clauses are extended until November 21, 2024. All deadlines listed above are for 5:00 PM on the listed dates. Signed by Judge Tanya S. Chutkan on 10/28/2024. (zcll)

Original story appears below.

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Defense lawyers for Donald Trump asked his Jan. 6 judge for extra weeks to file documents relating to discovery, presidential immunity, and a renewed challenge of special counsel Jack Smith’s authority, telling the judge that Hurricane Milton wreaked serious havoc — “displacing and severely disrupting Florida defense counsel[.]”

The Monday filing from attorneys Todd Blanche, Emil Bove, John Lauro and Gregory Singer asked U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to push back a Nov. 7 deadline to Nov. 21 so they can file three separate documents on the proposed new date: a response in support of their motion to toss the case based on presidential immunity; a reply in support of the argument Mar-a-Lago case Judge Aileen Cannon accepted in July, that Smith was unlawfully appointed and unlawfully funded; and a motion to compel “immunity-related discovery” from the prosecution.

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/a-significant-obstacle-trump-lawyers-blame-hardships-imposed-by-hurricane-milton-to-push-back-ongoing-challenge-of-jack-smiths-authority-in-jan-6-case/

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Full headline: ‘A significant obstacle’: Trump lawyers blame ‘hardships imposed’ by Hurricane Milton to push back ongoing challenge of Jack Smith’s authority in Jan. 6 case

Link to FILING (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25255602/trump-dc-delay.pdf