CNN —Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan told special counsel Jack Smith to stop submitting court filings without her permission in the 2020 election subversion case against Donald Trump, after the former president’s legal team complained that proceedings were supposed to be on hold.
But Chutkan did not hold Smith’s team in contempt, as Trump’s legal team suggested she do.
Chutkan’s decision on Thursday is in line with what Trump’s team had sought from her in recent weeks.
The case is on hold until the federal appeals court in Washington, DC, decides key questions about immunity around the presidency and gives further direction what should happen next for Trump’s case.
Chutkan said she hadn’t previously “unambiguously forbid” the prosecutors from making filings while the case is paused.
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