President-elect Donald Trump is charged in the case by special counsel Jack Smith with crimes related to trying to undo his defeat in the 2020 election.
Special counsel Jack Smith asked a judge to pause proceedings in the criminal election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump.Smith said that vacating the schedule of remaining pretrial motion deadlines, which Trump's lawyers did not object to, would give the prosecutor's team"time to assess this unprecedented circumstance" of Trump's electoral victory"and determine the appropriate course going forward consistent with Department of Justice policy.
Trump is charged in the case with crimes related to his efforts to undo his loss to President Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Trump's win against Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this week was considered a death knell for Smith's prosecutions against him.Goldman Sachs: Why individual investors need to look at private investments to further grow wealth
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