Two veteran prosecutors who had key roles in the special counsel Jack Smith’s pursuit of classified documents charges against former President Donald J. Trump have left Mr. Smith’s office, people familiar with the move said on Wednesday.
The departures amount to a tacit acknowledgment that any trial in the case will not happen for many months, if not years.
One of the prosecutors, Julie Edelstein, played a prominent role in early court hearings in the documents case and has now returned to the Justice Department’s counterintelligence section, according to the people familiar with the move, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel changes related to the special counsel’s office.
David Raskin, a veteran prosecutor who has handled intelligence-related cases, has returned to his previous role in the national security division at the Justice Department’s headquarters, these people said.
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