Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Sunday on NBC's “Meet the Press” that Special Counsel Jack Smith's new court filing so close to the presidential election was a He blamed the former president's legal delays.
Kristen Welker said: A former federal prosecutor called the brief a Jack Smith October cheap shot. President Donald Trump accused the Justice Department of interfering in the election by essentially violating its longstanding practice of not taking public action in politically related cases close to elections. So, could you please consider this? Member, do you think it was appropriate for this brief to be opened so close to the election? ”
“I think that was appropriate, and we need to look at why the delay occurred in the first place and whether much of the delay has to do with defendants' stalling strategies in lower courts, courts of appeals, and the Supreme Court,” Schiff said. ” he said. court. It had a lot to do with the Supreme Court's decision to wait until the last day of the session, as close to the election as possible, because unfortunately the Supreme Court made Chief Justice Roberts' legacy even more partisan. The agency decided to make the decision as of the latest. What the special counsel would then have to do is immediately go back to the grand jury, obtain a superseding indictment that satisfies the presidential prosecutor's evidence and the new limitations placed on the charges, move that indictment forward, and then This is what the government should do. Submit a brief to the district court to continue the process. So I think the special prosecutor did what he was supposed to do. I think the court had plenty of discretion to make that public. ”
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