Trump asks to delay release of 'large cache of Jack Smith’s evidence' until after election

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday asked a judge to delay a release of a large amount of evidence from special counsel Jack Smith until after the upcoming election on Nov. 5, court records show.

Trump's attorneys requested federal Judge Tanya Chutkan stall until Nov. 14 docketing redacted non-public sensitive materials in his Washington D.C. election interference case, arguing subsequent media scrutiny would taint the jury pool.

"If the Court immediately releases the Special Counsel’s cherry-picked documents, potential jurors will be left with a skewed, one-sided, and inaccurate picture of this case," Trump's attorneys wrote.

"Those same potential jurors may not see President Trump’s later responsive filing, and even if some do, 'first impressions are prone to remain.'"

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This demand arrived as the former president mounts a campaign to return to the White House four years after his followers stormed the U.S. Capitol in a failed bid to keep him there.

Trump, convicted of falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments paid ahead of the 2016 presidential election, now faces an increasingly tight race against former prosecutor Vice President Kamala Harris.

His lawyers argue that the "extraordinary media coverage" his election interference case has received could cause irreparable harm considering the next presidential election is less than three weeks away.

The case was complicated by a Supreme Court ruling this summer that found Trump enjoyed limited presidential immunity as he pressured the Justice department to investigate baseless claims of voter fraud in 2020.

Trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Smith earlier this month docketed a massive 165-page document with newly released evidence outlining the state of his case after the Supreme Court decision changed the game.

Chutkan ruled the filing would be made public despite recent demands from Trump not to do so.

Politico's Kyle Cheney said Trump was seeking delay of a "large cache of Jack Smith’s evidence."