BREAKING: Jack Smith Tells DC Court to 'Pause' On Trump Prosecution

Special counsel Jack Smith has asked the judge in Donald Trump's election interference criminal trial to hit pause on the process and give him a month to formally request how to move forward — likely the first step in ending the prosecution.

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In a filing on Friday, Smith said that "as a result of the election" the prosecution "espectfully requests that the Court vacate the remaining deadlines in the pretrial schedule to afford the Government time to assess this unprecedented circumstance."

Ed Morrissey

It's over, at least at the federal level. Smith is taking the first steps to confirm reporting from earlier in the week that the DoJ plans to withdraw the special counsel and quash his indictments. Merrick Garland may not be ready to announce that yet, but at this point he has little choice. 

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