Judge Chutkan issues new order on Trump's request to stay all proceedings in D.C. case

Judge Chutkan on Thursday issued a new order in response to Donald Trump's request to stay all proceedings in the 2020 election subversion case in Washington D.C., directing both the former president and Special Counsel Jack Smith to submit briefs on the contested subject.

Trump earlier in the day filed an appeal in the case, challenging Chutkan's rejection of his "presidential immunity" argument. The ex-president also asked that the court stay the entire case, until that appeal has been resolved.

Chutkan's response wasn't to make a decision, but to ask the parties to weigh in on it.

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The Guardian's Hugo Lowell reported that Chutkan ordered "Trump and the Special Counsel to submit briefs on Trump’s request to stay the entire federal Jan. 6 case proceedings while he appeals to the DC Circuit."

The brief order sets the time for the government to file an opposition for Dec. 10, and then gives Trump an additional two days to respond to that.