Special counsel Jack Smith poured cold water on former President Donald Trump's efforts to delay his Washington, D.C., federal trial over alleged election interference until 2026, saying it denies the public's 'right to a speedy trial.'
Special counsel Jack Smith poured cold water on former President Donald Trump's efforts to delay his Washington, D.C., federal trial over alleged election interference until 2026, saying it denies the public's"right to a speedy trial."
But Smith's team says a bulk of that includes duplicate pages or information that is already public, such as documents furnished by the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol as well as Trump's social media posts. “In cases such as this one, the burden of reviewing discovery cannot be measured by page count alone, and comparisons to the height of the Washington Monument and the length of a Tolstoy novel are neither helpful nor insightful; in fact, comparisons such as those are a distraction from the issue at hand — which is determining what is required to prepare for trial,” prosecutors wrote.
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