Jack Smith seeks delay to assess how SCOTUS ruling changes Trump Jan. 6 case

• Further delays in the case would make it even more unlikely that Trump goes to trial before the November election.

Driving the news: U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan — who is overseeing the case — requested both parties last week to submit a joint status report by Friday proposing a schedule for pretrial proceedings in the case.

• She also set a status conference in the case for Aug. 16.
• "Although those consultations are well underway, the Government has not finalized its position on the most appropriate schedule for the parties to brief issues related to the decision," Smith's office said.
• The filing noted that Trump's legal team did not object to the prosecution's request for more time.
• Smith's office requested that the two sides instead file their joint status report three weeks later, by Aug. 30, and for the court to re-schedule the status conference after that.

State of play: Trump was indicted on four counts last August as a part of the special counsel's criminal investigation into the former president's alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

• He was charged with conspiracy to defraud the U.S., conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights.
• Trump has denied wrongdoing in the case.
• The trial was postponed indefinitely earlier this year while Trump's "absolute immunity" claim worked its way to the Supreme Court.

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