The first of two federal criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump was dismissed by a federal judge Monday after special counsel Jack Smith began efforts to unwind the previously high-stakes cases.
After much anticipation, Smith’s office moved to dismiss the Jan 6 criminal case in Washington, D.C., and the classified documents case in Florida. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who presided over the Jan. 6 case, agreed to dismiss it Monday afternoon, writing it is “hereby dismissed without prejudice.”
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, which is weighing efforts by Smith to revive the classified documents case after it was dismissed by a district court judge in July, has yet to act on Smith’s dismissal request, though the court is expected to dismiss the case.
The moves were celebrated by Trumpworld on Monday, with Trump communications director Steven Cheung statinr.cg that the “American People re-elected President Trump with an overwhelming mandate to Make America Great Again.”
“Today’s decision by the DOJ ends the unconstitutional federal cases against President Trump and is a major victory for the rule of law,” Cheung said. “The American People and President Trump want an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and we look forward to uniting our country.”
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