A federal judge granted a request by Donald Trump's attorneys to extend their deadlines to respond to special counsel Jack Smith's immunity motion.
The former president's attorneys argued that they were displaced and disrupted when Hurricane Milton made landfall earlier this month near Sarasota, so they asked the court to extend their deadlines to respond to the special counsel's 165-page immunity motion until December.
Judge Tanya Chutkan agreed to extend those deadlines, which the special counsel did not oppose, from Nov. 7 to Nov. 21 and from Nov. 21 to Dec. 19.
"Needless to say, questions of Presidential immunity, and immunity-related discovery, are complex and require substantial resources to consider and brief, as the Special Counsel’s own enormous submission demonstrates," defense attorneys wrote.
"Despite difficulties, defense counsel have made multiple filings this month in good faith, including a lengthy proposed motion to dismiss concerning a complex and evolving area of the law, Doc. 270, all while continuing to draft the Response and Motion to Compel as quickly as able."
The former president's trial for election subversion in the District of Columbia has been delayed by his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, which granted him broad presidential immunity in a July ruling.
The special counsel filed an amended indictment that removed some charges that could be considered official acts that would be covered by the immunity.
