On Tuesday, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to dismiss charges related to President Trump’s classified documents case.
The dismissal concludes Special Counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of Trump.
WATCH:
THIS AFTERNOON: Jack Smith has dismissed the…
Trump Election Interference Case
This lawfare was always unprecedented.
This lawfare was always wrong.
This lawfare was always politically-motivated.
And this lawfare MUST NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. pic.twitter.com/xigUnwjeeu
— Byron Donalds (@ByronDonalds) November 25, 2024
U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan dismissed the charges against Trump in the federal election interference case after Smith requested to toss the case.
Per NBC News:
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had initially dismissed the documents case against Trump in July on the grounds that Smith’s appointment as special counsel was illegal. Federal prosecutors in August had asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to restore the case.
ADVERTISEMENTThe conclusion of those cases — two of four criminal cases against Trump — had been expected once Trump was re-elected due to long-standing Justice Department policy that a sitting president can’t be prosecuted. NBC News reported last week that Smith and his team had planned to resign before Trump's inauguration. He is expected to file a formal report on his charges before stepping down.
The two remaining criminal cases, the New York case involving hush money payments and a Georgia election interference case, are also in limbo.
BREAKING: The Justice Department is abandoning its classified documents case against Donald Trump after a similar move in its election interference case.
https://t.co/zsB9CQBGmR— The Associated Press (@AP) November 25, 2024
Breaking News: Jack Smith, the special counsel, asked a judge to dismiss the classified documents case against Donald Trump, minutes after a similar request on the Jan. 6 case. https://t.co/WinCtafTPL
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 25, 2024
From the Associated Press:
Special counsel Jack Smith moved to abandon two criminal cases against Donald Trump on Monday, acknowledging that Trump’s return to the White House will preclude attempts to federally prosecute him for retaining classified documents or trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
The decision was inevitable, since longstanding Justice Department policy says sitting presidents cannot face criminal prosecution. Yet it was still a momentous finale to an unprecedented chapter in political and law enforcement history, as federal officials attempted to hold accountable a former president while he was simultaneously running for another term.
Trump emerges indisputably victorious, having successfully delayed the investigations through legal maneuvers and then winning reelection despite indictments that described his actions as a threat to the country’s constitutional foundations.
“I persevered, against all odds, and WON,” Trump exulted in a post on Truth Social, his social media website.
He also said that “these cases, like all of the other cases I have been forced to go through, are empty and lawless, and should never have been brought.”
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