'Jack Smith files a scathing response' after Trump tries to delay docs trial: legal expert

Donald Trump's latest attempt to delay the classified documents criminal trial was met with a "scathing response" from Special Counsel Jack Smith, one legal expert said on Thursday.

Trump stands accused of stashing away classified documents after his presidency and then refusing to give them back even when subpoenaed by the government. Recently, his attorney in that case said the allegations involving obstruction were more "damning" than those President Joe Biden faces.

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Legal analyst Anna Bower flagged the filing, saying, "After Trump moved to extend pre-trial deadlines in the classified docs case, Jack Smith files a scathing response. The defendants 'will stop at nothing to stall the adjudication of the charges against them by a fair and impartial jury of citizens,' the special counsel writes."

The Smith filing also states that Trump's "objective is plain--to delay trial as long as possible."

"And the tactics they deploy are relentless and misleading," it reads.