Ex-prosecutor: 'Devilry may be afoot' at DOJ in Trump's election fraud case

Special counsel Jack Smith took an "uncharacteristic time-out" in asking for — and receiving — a three-week delay in former President Donald Trump's election interference case in Washington, D.C. That delay led one former federal prosecutor to believe some "devilry may be afoot within the U.S. Justice Department."

Judge Tanya Chutkan's court had scheduled a status conference for Aug. 16 and instructed attorneys to file a joint status report by Friday proposing a schedule for pretrial proceedings.