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Donald Trump’s attorneys are accusing Jack Smith’s heart of being two sizes too small this holiday season, complaining in a new filing that the special counsel is attempting to steal their Christmas, Grinch-style.
The Wednesday filing urges the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to reject Smith’s request for it to expedite its review of whether Trump has executive immunity from prosecution on charges of plotting to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election. Rubber-stamping Smith’s proposed schedule for the appeals process, Trump’s team wrote, “would make President Trump’s opening brief due the day after Christmas.”
“This proposed schedule would require attorneys and support staff to work round-the-clock through the holidays, inevitably disrupting family and travel plans,” they complained. Then, citing the original Dr. Seuss book: “It is as if the Special Counsel ‘growled, with his Grinch fingers drumming, “I must find some way to keep Christmas from coming… But how?”’”