A US appeals court on Thursday granted a request by Special Counsel Jack Smith to pause the case against Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents after leaving the White House.Smith also charged Trump with mishandling top secret documents after leaving the White House.

Smith's federal criminal cases against Trump were upended by the election, as the Justice Department's longstanding policy is that sitting presidents can't be charged with crimes.

Special counsel Jack Smith is pulling the plug on his other remaining criminal case against President-elect Donald Trump, telling a federal appeals court to pause proceedings while he works on winding down his efforts in advance of Trump’s inauguration.

Special counsel Jack Smith continues to discuss with Justice Department leadership the mechanics of winding down the federal prosecutions of Donald Trump, with the intention of stepping down before the former president returns to the White House,

Justice Dept. could drop Donald Trump from the classified document appeal but keep his co-defendants, hoping to reverse Judge Cannon’s special counsel ruling.

Special counsel Jack Smith and his team plan to resign before President-elect Trump takes office on January 20th. New York Times Justice Department and Law Enforcement reporter Devlin Barrett joins José Díaz-Balart to share more details.