The special prosecutor Jack Smith requested this Monday to dismiss the case against Donald Trump for the 2021 Capitol assault before he assumes power, on January 20, 2025.
In a court brief, Smith highlighted that Trump won the elections on November 5 and that The Justice Department’s internal policy prohibits it from pursuing criminal charges against a sitting president..
After consulting with the Office of Legal Counsel, Smith concluded that “the indictment must be dismissed before the defendant takes possession”.
The judge handling the caseTanya Chutkan, of the federal court for the District of Columbia, On November 8, he granted a pause to the case after the prosecutor requested it. to have time to analyze the consequences of the electoral result of last November 5.
Trump, who was already president between January 2017 and January 2021, is accused in the District of Columbia for his attempts to reverse the election results he lost in 2020 against the current president, Joe Bidenand for having allegedly instigated the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
The Republican said during the campaign that on his first day as president he would fire Smith and order the Justice Department to close cases against him that he maintains were motivated by political persecution.
In fact, the electoral victory of Trump, who was charged with four criminal casesis allowing him to clear his judicial horizon. This same Monday it was learned that the judge has indefinitely postponed sentencing after Trump was found guilty of bribing porn actress Stormy Daniels to keep her silent about her relationships with the president-elect.
Trump in May became the only former US president found guilty in a criminal casefor falsifying documents to make irregular payments to Stormy Daniels and thus covering up his affair with that porn actress, but the judge postponed his sentence last week without a date.
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