The decide presiding over the federal election interference case towards Donald Trump halted all proceedings within the prison case on Wednesday pending the end result of Trump’s enchantment arguing he is protected by presidential immunity.
All pending deadlines and courtroom dates within the case will probably be placed on pause however not vacated, U.S. District Decide Tanya Chutkan added.
“If jurisdiction is returned to this courtroom, it should — in step with its obligation to make sure each a speedy trial and equity for all events — think about at the moment whether or not to retain or proceed the dates of any still-future deadlines and proceedings, together with the trial scheduled for March 4, 2024,” the decide wrote.
The ruling doesn’t have an effect on Trump’s situations of launch, the gag order or the protecting order within the case, the decide stated.
Peter Carr, a spokesperson for particular counsel Jack Smith’s workplace, declined touch upon the ruling. Representatives for Trump didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
Chutkan dominated this month that presidential immunity didn’t protect Trump from prices that he illegally tried to subvert the 2020 presidential election outcomes.
Smith has requested each the U.S. Court docket of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the Supreme Court docket to listen to the enchantment on an expedited foundation.
Trump’s attorneys urged the Court docket of Appeals to not expedite the case in a courtroom submitting earlier Wednesday.
“Whether or not a President of the US could also be criminally prosecuted for his official acts as President goes to the core of our system of separated powers and can stand among the many most consequential questions ever determined by this Court docket,” they wrote. “The manifest public curiosity lies within the Court docket’s cautious and deliberate consideration of those momentous points with the utmost care and diligence.”
Smith’s workforce countered that “Expediting the enchantment on this case is critical to vindicate the general public’s curiosity in a well timed trial.”