The Justice Department’s special counsel Jack Smith dropped his criminal case against Donald Trump. The case had revolved around Trump’s role in disorderly activity at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, leading up to the Senate’s certification of the victory of Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
Now that Trump has been reelected, there is a Justice Department policy that prevents prosecution of a sitting president.
Smith filed his motion to dismiss the case in the U.S. District Court of Washington D.C.
“It has long been the position of the Department of Justice that the United States Constitution forbids the federal indictment and subsequent criminal prosecution of a sitting President. But the Department and the country have never faced the circumstance here, where a federal indictment against a private citizen has been returned by a grand jury and a criminal prosecution is already underway when the defendant is elected President. Confronted with this unprecedented situation, the Special Counsel’s Office consulted with the Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), whose interpretation of constitutional questions such as those raised here is binding on Department prosecutors. After careful consideration, the Department has determined that OLC’s prior opinions concerning the Constitution’s prohibition result this prosecution must be dismissed before the defendant is inaugurated. That prohibition is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the Government’s proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the Government stands fully behind. Based on the Department’s interpretation of the Constitution, the Government moves for dismissal without prejudice of the superseding indictment under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 48(a). The Government has conferred with defense counsel, who does not object to this motion,” the motion says.
Smith should be prosecuted under US 18 sect. 241& 242. Look it up. Easy to do. Smith is guilty, as is Garland and the Judge. Lock them up!
Got any evidence? I would love to see it. Trump stalled it out long enough for people to believe he was somehow being targeted for being the leader of MAGA. The reality was he was being charged as they believed he had committed crimes. The American people were denied their day in court to hear the evidence. History will eventually show that DJT was/is the most corrupt POTUS in the history of the USA. The evidence will come out.
CitizenKane’s response is exactly what the newly elected president and the republic do not need.
Get on with the business governance and skip the circus.
Trump needs to sign the ethics agreement. They will hold his feet to the fire on this.
Wrong. This is exactly what is required to rein in the deep state. Unlike the charges against Trump, the charges against Smith will be real. Next up: indictment, swift trial and a long stay in the same prison where J6 defendants are rotting. They’ll welcome Smith with open arms.
So lawfare goes only one way?
I don’t think so. Crimes were committed by various federal and state employees- and others. They should face justice.
Maybe next time the democrats (and others) feel they need to commit lawfare on the main opposition political leader and opponents, they will think twice as they recall the consequences for those who did so in the past.
Except our government IS the circus and all the clowns are running the show. What the Republic needs is for all the clowns to be thrown out.
You know Joe, in more sane times I would have agreed with you.
Unfortunately it always happens that this sentiment only appears when the progressive side of the isle is on the potential receiving end. So, sorry, but I think it is time to hold people to the standard they created.
There is Hillary, who undeniably violated the espionage act with her private server, circumvented mandatory documentation requirements, destroyed evidence, perpetrated a colossal hoax and is still running around making unfounded accusation about the 2016 election.
Joe Biden and all those classified documents in his garage for decades or abusing US foreign policy to have a Ukrainian official fired and that we really still do not know what Hunter meant by “10% for the big guy”. Dr. Fauci, who was knee-deep in the Wuhan lab……..and Jack Smith, who had no business being “special counsel” anything.
You see it would have been nice if the guys in charge would have taken your advice and skipped the circus.
Insurrection? You bet!
Statute of limitations? Who cares!
Ancient old business deals no one complained about? Heck yeah!
His lawyer paying Stormy Daniels? Illegal!! ( Out of idle curiosity, I wonder how many women Bill Clinton paid off??)
To keep the circus from happening President Biden should pardon all those involved in prosecuting the crimes that DJT was being charged with.
LOL. Matt Gaetz will be the next Jack Smith. Except this time the target will be Joe Biden. Jack Smith will be shown how a real prosecution works.
The Attorney General, the esteemed Merrick Garland, is responsible for this mess. First, he did not follow the statute that sets forth how a prosecutor should be appointed. For this reason, the federal judge in Florida dismissed the case there. Second, he committed the cardinal sin of appointing a highly partisan person as prosecutor. The job of the Attorney General and all prosecutors is to seek JUSTICE, not to “get” a particular person for a crime. Garland has disgraced his office for this and many other reasons. Before my conservative friends get too spun up on this point, Matt Gaetz would have suffered from the same disqualifying defect.
While I may agree with Mr. Geldhof, above, it must be pointed out that the Left started all of this.
Make no mistake about it, “justice” is the purview of flunkies: Money and power work their “magic” whereby one can be absolved of having committed the most abhorrent or heinous act. It certainly ain’t a class-based–after all, we ain’t Marxists–but it do smell like it!