delay the case based on motions put before her and appeals that follow those motions, either from the prosecution or defense. in addition to that, one has to acknowledge there are legitimate reasons for president trump to want to delay this case. he s running for president of the united states, and that takes time. if he has to dedicate himself for running for president and a judge could listen to that and say i will allow some reasonable amount of time for continuances. one other factor here, josé and ana, is that president trump faces other criminal trials currently in manhattan and may face criminal charges in a different jurisdiction as well, and if all that occurs judge cannon would be right to listen to and pay attention to these requests for continuances, and the trump team will undoubtedly be hoping that as a result they will arrive at a time after the presidential election, put this off as long as possible and benefit their client, former
debt would guide what happens in these various issues. in erpz of these particular documents, these judges have found these are legitimate purposes being asserted by these democratic committees and because of that, these documents have to be turned over. to some extent, this it s is inevitable conclusion. trump will have to turn over these documents. how soon is expedited? there is the affording of continuances give that they can rubber stamp, but when you say expedited, normally if you had 30 days to be able to file your initial brief, maybe you ve agreed to on it in two weeks. that could have been the onus or hammer put on congress by the trump team to be able to say, look, have you to do this sooner versus later. you mightville do it sooner. that s what they decided to do yesterday. speaking of sooner, we ll see you again very soon. thank you so much, katie phang. dramatic rescue. a hiker missing for more than two weeks shares her story of survival. survival
more immigration judges. we ve put a dramatic number of more judges, especially to the areas where it s needed, which is oftentimes at the border. so you ve also put in place an additional performance metric to gauge the performance of judges working to complete cases and reduce the backlog. are those working? and you ve gotten pushback from groups who are concerned that they amount to case quotas. and if they are working, are you aware of any organization in which productivity of its workers isn t assessed as one part of the multi-dimensional performance review. governmentwide where there are immigration law judges, there are particular performance metrics in place to not only evaluate their productivity but also to budget and manage that work force. and what are you doing to ensure that continuances in
immigration cases are not abused and are granted solely for good cause? we issued an attorney general order which set the standard which had been different based on what the immigration appeals court, which is an internal board of immigration appeals which is an internal doj body that the attorney general sits over. we passed rules and regulations and a new standard for issuing those continuances for good cause, as you mentioned. thank you. i yield back. thank the gentleman. i now yield to the gentleman from rhode island for the purpose of unanimous consent request. thank you, mr. chairman. i would ask unanimous consent that the following articles be placed in the record. the first is an article entitled exclusive trump loyalist matthieu whitaker was counseling the white house on investigating clinton. the second article, sessions replacement matthew whitaker called mueller s appointment ridiculous and a little fishy.
and funded for immigration judges, a dramatic number more judges especially to the areas where it s needed which is often times at the border. so you have also put in place an additional performance metric to gauge the performance of judges working to complete cases and reduce the backlog. they are pushed back groups who are concerned they are at case quotas. are you aware of any organization in which productivity isn t assessed as one part of the multidimensional performance review? yes. government wide where they are administrative law judge is similar to immigration judges, they are typically performance metrics in place to not only evaluate their productivity but also to budget and manage the workforce. and what you doing to ensure that continuances in immigration