When the criminal cases against Donald Trump were just beginning to unfold last year, it was the former president who made every effort to stall and delay proceedings as he forged ahead with his 2024 reelection campaign.
Now, the shoe is on the other foot. Just days after the case returned to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s courtroom, she granted special counsel Jack Smith‘s motion to postpone an Aug. 9 deadline until Aug. 30 for a filing that would help her set a schedule for the remainder of the case.
Chutkan, who expressed eagerness to move the case quickly after waiting eight months for the Supreme Court to determine Trump’s presidential immunity fight, agreed on Friday to…
