President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to pardon his supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but some of those same defendants are not waiting until he's sworn in before asking that their cases be set aside.
On Wednesday morning, lawyers for Christopher Carnell filed a motion to delay his status hearing scheduled for Nov. 8, and also potentially those of other defendants. It was promptly rejected by Judge Beryl Howell, who is overseeing the trials of several defendants charged with violently trespassing on federal grounds in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election.
