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Judge Tosses Documents Case Against Trump; Jack Smith Appointment Unconstitutional
Right_in_Virginia:
Judge Tosses Documents Case Against Trump; Jack Smith Appointment Unconstitutional
Breitbart, Jul 15, 2024
A federal judge in Florida threw out the prosecution of former President Donald Trump on Monday in the “documents” case because she ruled that Special Counsel Jack Smith had not been appointed in a constitutional or lawful manner.
Judge Aileen Cannon granted a defense motion after ruling that Smith, who was not confirmed by the U.S. Senate as other U.S. Attorneys have been in the past, could not lawfully bring the indictment against Trump in federal court.
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As Breitbart News noted last month, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas suggested in a concurring opinion in Fischer v. United States — which said the Department of Justice had abused its power in prosecuting January 6th defendants under a statute about witness tampering — that Smith’s appointment was likely unconstitutional. Smith’s took aim at Thomas’s arguments in an unrelated filing in the case last week, which raised some legal eyebrows.
Smith brought charges against Trump in Florida — the site of Trump’s private residence at Mar-a-Lago — alleging that he had mishandled classified documents when he left office. Judge Cannon looked askance at the fact that Smith convened a grand jury in Washington, D.C. — a notoriously anti-Trump jurisdiction — rather than in Florida.
It is not clear if Cannon’s ruling affects Smith’s separate prosecution of Trump for January 6-related charges in Washington
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/15/judge-tosses-documents-case-against-trump-jack-smith-appointment-unconstitutional/
libertybele:
Most excellent news! happy77
Right_in_Virginia:
Right_in_Virginia:
Jonathan Turley
@JonathanTurley
The dismissal of the classified documents case is a seismic development. From the beginning of all of these cases, I have said that the Mar-a-Lago case was the greatest threat to the former president. It is now dismissed.
10:03 AM · Jul 15, 2024
Right_in_Virginia:
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https://twitter.com/MAGAIncWarRoom/status/1812858843568775300
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