“To the extent that the defendant is seeking a stay, pending his appeal, of matters implicating ‘those aspects of the case involved in the appeal,’ … the Court should deny his motion as unnecessary and duplicative; that divestiture occurred when the defendant filed his notice of appeal. Otherwise, the Court should decline to issue an order that would prevent it from resolving pending motions or handling aspects of this case unrelated to the appeal.”
And with that, Jack Smith’s office puts to bed a brief three-page motion dismissing Donald Trump’s attempt to stop virtually all criminal action–starting with the March 4th DC federal case into his attempt to undermine the Constitution on January 6th–is quickly countered with the argument summarized best by: “We can try the case while Trump argues the appeal elsewhere, we’ll just continue on with this case here, like we always do.”