A US judge dismissed a federal criminal case against Donald Trump on November 25, 2022, following a decision by prosecutors to drop the prosecution and a second case against the president-elect. The dismissal ends the federal effort to criminally hold Trump responsible for his attempts to retain power after losing the 2020 election.
A United States judge dismissed a federal criminal case against Donald Trump on November 25, 2022, following a decision by prosecutors to drop the prosecution and a second case against the president-elect. The dismissal, ordered by US District Judge Tanya Chutkan , ends the federal effort to criminally hold Trump responsible for his attempts to retain power after losing the 2020 election.
The move came after Special Counsel Jack Smith, who was overseeing both cases, decided to dismiss the election case and end his attempt to revive another case accusing Trump of illegally retaining classified documents when he left office in 2021. Prosecutors cited a Justice Department policy from the 1970s that forbids prosecuting a sitting president, arguing that it would violate the US Constitution by undermining the ability of the country's chief executive to function
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