Special counsel Jack Smith argues in a court filing on April 14 that former President Donald Trump is using his criminal trial in New York to delay his federal documents case.
“Following their pattern, the defendants responded to the Court’s deadline by seeking another postponement,” he wrote.
Mr. Smith is prosecuting two cases against President Trump. One has been stalled past its initial trial date in Washington. The second one will now miss its scheduled May 20 trial date as well.
President Trump will be tied up in court in New York for six to eight weeks, except Wednesdays, as he faces trial on 34 counts of falsifying business records in 2017….
