Former President Donald Trump’s legal team revealed that special counsel Jack Smith’s office has pushed forward with pretrial proceedings even after a judge stayed, or paused, all case proceedings and deadlines.
“Over the last two days, the prosecution has improperly and unlawfully attempted to advance this case by serving thousands of pages of additional discovery, as well as a purported ‘Draft Exhibit List,’” a Dec. 18 court filing reads.
“These actions, the prosecution admits, are calculated to ‘help ensure that [a potential] trial proceeds promptly if and when the mandate returns.’”
On Dec. 17, the special counsel notified the defense that it would be supplying additional discovery materials, and delivered the exhibit list on Dec. 18 even though U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia Tanya Chutkan paused the election interference case on Dec. 13….
