Jack Smith, Reeling From Trump's 'Unprecedented' Comeback, Retreats and Asks for Time To Regroup

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : The first was after Trump was handed down, and the special counsel told Judge Chutkan that he required more time for consultations "with other components of the Justice Department," including Attorney General Garland.
49% : While a president has never pardoned himself, the Supreme Court ruled in Trump that the pardon is among the prerogatives that is within the "conclusive and preclusive" authority of the president -- and absolutely immune.
43% : Trump told a radio host, Hugh Hewitt, that he intends to fire the prosecutor "within two seconds" of becoming president.
35% : In oral arguments over Trump, the justices contemplated that a president could self-pardon.
34% : Once Trump is president again, he will also hold the pardon power, which the Constitution ordains extends to "offenses against the United States"; that has been interpreted to mean federal crimes.
31% : Beginning on January 20, Trump will no longer be a private citizen in the eye of the Supreme Court's jurisprudence.
26% : The special counsel's position has grown more dire now that Trump is set to move back into the White House.
22% : Mr. Smith, in a book-length opus, contended that Trump "must stand trial for his private crimes as would any other citizen."
22% : Reports from NBC News and others indicate that they are weighing how to unwind the cases that accuse Trump of crimes with respect to January 6 and the storing of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
20% : Before Mr. Smith asked for a delay, Trump's lawyers were laboring under a deadline of November 21 to submit their arguments for why the holding of Trump barred any further proceedings in the case.

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