Just days after Donald Trump announced in November 2022 that he would again be running for office, Jack Smith was appointed as special counsel, and a legal whirlwind set its course against the former – and now future – president. Yesterday, November 25, Smith filed for the charges to be dropped, signifying that, for now, the federal cases against 45 are over, but that doesn’t mean that Trump or his allies will not spend the next four years litigating. In fact, it seems that the lawfare campaign is ready to move beyond the personal to the political.
Smith Bows Out
Jack Smith filed two motions to dismiss cases against Trump with federal judges, one pertaining to alleged obstruction of justice surrounding his actions on January 6, 2021, and the other over claims that he mishandled classified documents. In neither filing did Smith fault the merits of…
