The Special Counsel’s Office will soon have its first shot at persuading a panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit that the judge in former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago case wrongly dismissed the prosecution on the ground that Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed.
The Tuesday, Aug. 27, deadline set the previous month for the government to file its opening brief is fast approaching. Although there was a school of thought that Smith might consider filing well ahead of the deadline, in a potential move to fast-track the case, there was no brief yet filed as of Monday afternoon on the East Coast.
