Judge Chutkan gives Jack Smith more time to evaluate its case against Trump

Jack Smith granted additional time to assess impact of SCOTUS ruling on Trump election case

The delays and uncertainty surrounding special counsel Jack Smith's legal warfare against Donald Trump took yet another turn this week amid the government's request for additional time to decide how to move forward with its election interference case in which the former president is a defendant.

As The Hill reports, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday approved Smith's motion for an extension of time to assess the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on presidential immunity on the case against Trump, a move that went unopposed by the former president's legal team.

It was on Thursday that the government's team made its request for more time to evaluate how its lawyers believe the case against Trump should move forward in light of the SCOTUS decision.

As the Associated Press has noted, the justices' ruling requires a new round of fact-finding regarding the nature of the conduct at issue in the election interference case, the results of which could force Smith to make radical alterations to the charges against Trump.

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