REDSTATE | Published November 7, 2024
Following Donald Trump’s presidential victory early Wednesday morning, those of us who have been following the lawfare involving the former (and now future) president closely began pondering what this might mean for the pending legal matters — particularly those instituted by Special Counsel Jack Smith.
Well, now we know: The Department of Justice has indicated it intends to “wind down” the federal cases against Trump ahead of him taking office.
Justice Department officials have been evaluating how to wind down the two federal criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office to comply with longstanding department policy that a sitting president can’t be prosecuted, two people familiar with the matter tell NBC News.
The latest discussions stand in contrast with the pre-election legal posture of special counsel Jack Smith, who in recent weeks took significant steps in the election interference case against Trump without regard to the electoral calendar.
But the sources say DOJ officials have come to grips with the fact that no trial is possible any time soon in either the Jan. 6 case or the classified documents matter — both of which are mired in legal issues that would likely prompt an appeal all the way to the Supreme Court, even if Trump had lost the election.
Now that Trump will become president again, DOJ officials see no room to pursue either criminal case against him — and no point in continuing to litigate them in the weeks before he takes office, the people said.
“Sensible, inevitable and unfortunate,” said former federal prosecutor Chuck Rosenberg, an NBC News contributor.
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SOURCE: www.redstate.com
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THE TOWNHALL | Published November 7, 2024
You’re fired! Jack Smith might be out of a job by January, now that Donald Trump won the presidency once more.
According to NBC News, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is making moves to wind down their two federal criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office. This lawfare concession complies with a longstanding DOJ policy stipulating that a sitting president cannot be prosecuted, sources told NBC News.
A 2000 memo from the department’s Office of Legal Counsel affirmed a Watergate-era conclusion that prosecuting a sitting U.S. president would “unduly interfere in a direct or formal sense with the conduct of the presidency.”
The memo pointed to the “effect that an indictment would have on the operations of the executive branch,” noting that “an impeachment proceeding is the only appropriate way to deal with a President while in office.”
The turn of events post-election flies in the face of Special Counsel Jack Smith, who in recent weeks took significant steps to march onwards in the Trump election interference case without regard for the electoral calendar.
NBC’s sources say DOJ officials first have come to terms with the fact that a trial is not possible any time soon in either the January 6 case or the classified documents matter.
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SOURCE: www.townhall.com
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