Jack Smith
“The defendants have had ample notice that these deadlines would be scheduled and have already had months to complete the work,” Smith wrote.
The special counsel threatened to take the matter to a higher court.
Brian Butler has served as a key witness in special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into Trump's handling of classified files.
“This has never happened before, this is completely uncharted territory,” said NYU School of Law's Kenji Yoshino.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The former president's attorneys re-upped their claim that "a fair trial cannot be held until after the 2024 Presidential election is concluded.”
The Supreme Court's decision injects immediate uncertainty into the legal and political calendar over the next several months.
If Trump successfully delays federal prosecutions past November's election and manages to win the White House back, he could order the DOJ to dismiss them.
The hearing is reportedly being held at a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility in Fort Pierce, Florida.
The 2022 search of the former president’s Florida home may have missed a couple of things.
Prosecutors in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump have told a judge that defense lawyers had painted an “inaccurate and distorted picture of events."