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Special counsel moves to dismiss election interference and classified documents cases against Trump

Special counsel Jack Smith moved to drop charges against President-elect Donald Trump in two federal cases.
The department determined "this prosecution must be dismissed before the defendant is inaugurated."
The decision, revealed in court filings, acknowledges that sitting presidents cannot face criminal prosecution.

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DNyuz

Jack Smith still has Trump’s allies in legal crosshairs, despite dropping case against president-elect

President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice is still targeting Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the classified documents case despite ending its lawfare against the president-elect. Special counsel Jack Smith, who has led two federal indictments against Trump, requested on Tuesday that the case be dismissed against “Trump only.” ‘Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.’ The case out of Florida, which accused Trump of mishandling classified …

4 months ago

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Daily Camera

Editorial: Donald Trump runs out the clock on federal cases

Special Counsel Jack Smith has moved to dismiss both federal criminal cases against Donald Trump on the simple premise that he will be president once more in less than two months’ time, and longtime Department of Justice policy dictates that a sitting president cannot be prosecuted. So, at long last, the attempted election overthrow case and the purloined classified documents indictment end with a whimper and not the bang that may have been at t…

4 months ago·Boulder, United States

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Jack Smith defends appointment as special counsel in case against Trump co-defendants

Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — One day after moving to dismiss both his cases against President-elect Donald Trump, special counsel Jack Smith is continuing to defend the validity of his own appointment as he appeals the dismissal of the classified documents case against Trump’s co-defendants. In a filing Tuesday, Smith urged a federal appeals court to reverse U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision to toss the classified doc…

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The Dispatch

Is This the End of the Cases Against Trump?

Special counsel Jack Smith files motions to dismiss in the election interference and classified documents cases against the once and future president. - Start a free trial today for full access.

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The Week

Prosecutor drops federal cases against Trump

Special counsel Jack Smith requested that the charges against President-elect Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election be dropped

4 months ago·Washington, United States

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Conservative Firing Line

Trump Election Interference Case Dies: Lawfare Fail ⋆ Conservative Firing Line

The following article, Trump Election Interference Case Dies: Lawfare Fail, was first published on Conservative Firing Line. Forget October surprise, the Judge Chutkan and Jack Smith delivered a wild November surprise on November 25. Smith petitioned the court to dismiss the Trump election interference case and the judge granted it. Kinda. Trump “election interference” case Smith got the Trump election interference case dismissed “without prejud…

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