The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s federal election interference case in Washington, D.C., has stayed proceedings in the case while the appeals process plays out.

Trump’s lawyers had requested the proceedings be stayed but special counsel Jack Smith’s team opposed an all-out stay, saying they felt certain filings could still move forward to keep the case on track for the March 4 trial date.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said the delay does not prevent her from enforcing the protective orders in the case, Trump’s conditions of release, or the limited gag order that prohibits Trump from making statements about potential witnesses or attacking the special counsel Jack Smith and his staff, as well as Chutkan’s staff and the staff of other D.C. district court personnel.