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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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…
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 …
Special prosecutor Jack Smith yesterday filed a motion to dismiss all charges against President-elect Donald Trump related to his mishandling of classified documents and his efforts to change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, which led to his supporters storming Capitol Hill 6 .January.
Appeals court agrees to end Trump’s classified documents case
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday granted a request from special counsel Jack Smith to drop President-elect Trump’s Florida documents case, ending the battle to charge him over retaining records with classified markings after leaving office. The order fulfills a request from Smith to end an appeal in the case as it relates to Trump, though the case will continue for his two co-defendants — valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property mana…
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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