Special Counsel Jack Smith Drops Charges in Trump Election Case, Classified Documents Appeal

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โ€˜Based on the Departmentโ€™s interpretation of the Constitution, the Government moves for dismissal without prejudice of the superseding indictment,โ€™ he wrote.

Special counsel Jack Smith on Nov. 25 dropped the charges in his election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump, while also moving to drop his appeal of a judgeโ€™s decision in the president-electโ€™s classified documents case.

In a six-page court filing in a Washington federal court, Smithโ€™s team wrote that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has long argued โ€œthat the Constitution requires that this case be dismissed before the defendant is inaugurated,โ€ referring to Trumpโ€™s recent election victory.

โ€œThis outcome is not based on the merits or strength of the case against the defendant,โ€ the filing states.

His office said that prosecutors have conferred with Trumpโ€™s attorneys, who indicated they do not oppose the governmentโ€™s motion.

โ€œBased on the Departmentโ€™s interpretation of the Constitution, the Government moves for dismissal without prejudice of the superseding indictment,โ€ the court documents state.

At the same time, in a federal appeals court, Smith also stated he is dropping his appeal of U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannonโ€™s July decision to dismiss a case that accused the president-elect of illegally retaining classified records and obstructing an investigation.

โ€œDismissing the appeal as to defendant Trump will leave in place the district courtโ€™s order dismissing the indictment without prejudice as to him,โ€ Smithโ€™s filing stated. But his appeal concerning two other defendants in the case, Walt Nauta and Carlos de Oliveira, โ€œwill continue because, unlike defendant Trump, no principle of temporary immunity applies to them.โ€

Cannon had dismissed the case after agreeing with arguments that Smith was not lawfully appointed as special counsel. Smith in August asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to reverse her decision.

The move marks an end to Smithโ€™s criminal pursuit of Trump over the past two years or so, accusing him of attempting to illegally overturn the 2020 election. Smith alleged that Trump mishandled classified documents in a separate case that was dismissed over the summer by a federal judge.

Byย Jack Phillips

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