Smith Moves To Dismiss Trump’s Interference Case
MSNBC reports:
Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to dismiss the federal election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump.
Once Trump won the presidential election, that meant that his two federal criminal cases (this one and the classified documents case) would eventually go away, whether by lawyers in the current Justice Department or the next one moving to dismiss, or Trump potentially attempting to pardon himself.
The DOJ also has a policy against charging and prosecuting sitting presidents. Smith already was reportedly planning on resigning before Trump, who vowed to fire Smith, took office.
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BREAKING: Special Counsel Jack Smith files a motion to dismiss the federal indictment against Donald Trump, citing DOJ policy barring prosecution of a sitting president.
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