.png)
2 hours ago
3 ARTICLE AD
Just under two months before Donald Trump returns to the White House, the former and future president today saw two of his most treacherous legal battles end with whimpers.
Reading the clear writing on the wall, Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith filed paperwork to drop the felony charges against Trump on 2020 election subversion that led to the bloody January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
“The Department’s position is that the Constitution requires that this case be dismissed before the defendant is inaugurated,” Smith said in the short filing before the federal court in DC. “This outcome is not based on the merits or strength of the case against the defendant.”
The case against Trump co-defendants will move forward, for now. Smith is also pulling the plug on the case investigating the alleged mishandling of classified documents by Trump.
The end to this two year long matter for the former Celebrity Apprentice host is no real surprise — with Smith himself already exiting the DOJ upon the results of the Republican trouncing Vice President Kamala Harris on November 5.
With Trump having threatened to fire Smith ASAP on January 20, 2025, Monday’s move in the bitterly contested case is a clear winner for the 45th and soon-to-be 47th POTUS as he consolidates power.
And he knows it.
“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,” Trump Communications Director Steven Cheung told Deadline this morning. “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.”
