NEW: Chutkan Cancels All Deadlines in Jack Smith Prosecution of Trump

The federal district judge overseeing the case against President-elect Donald Trump related to the 2020 election agreed to forego current deadlines to allow special counsel Jack Smith and his team more time to assess the "unprecedented circumstance" arising out of his election Tuesday to serve a second term in the White House.

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Smith asked U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in a one-paragraph filing for additional time to "determine the appropriate course going forward consistent with Department of Justice policy." He said prosecutors will provide more information to the court by Dec. 2. Chutkan quickly granted Smith's request and tossed out the remaining deadlines she had set. She ordered the government to submit to her a report "indicating its proposed course for this case going forward" by Smith's proposed early-December deadline.

Ed Morrissey

Via Andy McCarthy at NRO, who observes: "Democrats’ lawfare in federal court is at an end — which underscores that, all along, it was an attempt to prevent his election."

Next up is the Manhattan sentencing, and Andy has thoughts on that as well. 

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