The special counsel’s request follows a similar one he made to the trial judge handling Trump’s federal election interference case.

Special counsel Jack Smith asked for a pause in one of two federal prosecutions against President-elect Trump.

Special counsel Jack Smith on Wednesday asked a federal appeals court to pause his appeal of the dismissal of President-elect Donald Trump's classified documents case. The move is part of Smith's winding down of his two cases against Trump -- the classified documents case and the federal election interference case -- due to longstanding Department of Justice policy that prohibits a sitting president from facing criminal prosecution while in office.