Two key prosecutors in special counsel Jack Smith’s office have left the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump and returned to their previous roles, The New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.
Their departures seemingly indicate that any trial of the former president will not take place for months, if not years, according to the Times.
The sources, who spoke with the Times on condition of anonymity, said that prosecutor Julie Edelstein, who was heavily involved in early court hearings for the case, has returned to the Justice Department’s counterintelligence division. David Raskin, who has worked on intelligence-related cases, has returned to the national security division at DOJ headquarters.
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