Trump has been granted a stay to file further briefs in response to the Supreme Court’s recent decision on presidential immunity
Donald Trump has been granted a pause in his Florida “classified documents” case after his legal team argued that they should be allowed to argue the merits of the US Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity.
In an order issued on Saturday, Judge Aileen Cannon granted a temporary stay of three pending deadlines, to allow Trump’s attorneys and special counsel Jack Smith and his team to file additional briefs in response to the Supreme Court decision.
Under the new order, the special counsel must respond to Trump’s motion by 18 July and any reply is due three days later, on 21 July.
Trump’s attorneys argued in their stay request that a delay would prevent the further misallocation of judicial resources in the case, and that the Supreme Court’s decision undermines the special counsel’s challenge to the former president’s immunity.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that former presidents, including President Trump, have “absolute immunity” from charges that relate to official acts that fall under their “core constitutional powers,” and that he enjoys “presumptive immunity” from prosecutions for other actions taken while in office.
Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has argued that they have not charged Trump for any official acts in this case, and that all charges relate to offences that took place after he left the White House, including retaining sensitive materials and obstructing federal officials in their attempts to reclaim them.
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