The closure of the case comes as Trump prepares to accept his presidential candidacy.
An American judge has thrown out a criminal case on Donald Trump is accused of mishandling classified information. The charges mark a turn of events nearly two years after FBI agents searched his Florida estate for missing national secrets.
Bloomberg writes about this.
As noted, in a 93-page order, US District Judge Eileen Cannon found that Attorney General Merrick Garland's appointment of special prosecutor Jack Smith was unconstitutional. This ends a string of recent legal victories for Trump in various criminal cases pending against him, including a major U.S. Supreme Court decision last month that held presidents to have at least partial immunity from prosecution for official acts.
The Justice Department is expected to appeal Cannon's decision. The firing comes as Trump prepares to accept his presidential candidacy at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee following an assassination attempt in which he was shot during his speech.
Spokesmen for the Trump and Biden campaigns did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The White House declined to comment and referred questions to the Justice Department.
Cannon, appointed in 2020 by Trump to the federal bench in south Florida, found that Congress did not give Garland clear authority to appoint or fund a special counsel.
“The Court is convinced that the prosecution of Special Counsel Smith for this action violates two structural cornerstones of our constitutional scheme—the role of Congress in appointing constitutional officers and the role of Congress in authorizing expenditures by law,” Cannon wrote .
Cannon has faced scrutiny for her handling of Trump's case, from the substance of her decisions to the decision to delay setting a trial date indefinitely. The government's appeal of the decision could also give Smith's office the opportunity to seek Cannon's removal from the case, according to former federal prosecutor Barbara McQuaid.
Recall that the FBI spoke about the motives of a 20-year-old guy who shot a US presidential candidate.
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