On Monday, Special Counsel Jack Smith asked a judge to dismiss all charges against President-elect Donald Trump stemming from Smith’s investigation into the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.
Judge Tanya Chutkan will need to approve the request before the case is dismissed.
After Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election earlier this month, Smith signaled he would begin winding down the case against Trump. The filing went live on the Department of Justice docket on Monday afternoon.
Smith had already filed a motion to vacate all deadlines in the 2020 election interference case against Trump in Washington, D.C. – a widely expected move, but one that stopped short of dropping the case against Trump completely. Smith had said his team planned to give an updated report on the official status of the case against Trump on Dec. 2.
Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges in the case.
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Victory Hooray
Smith needs to be questioned under oath and the House of Representatives needs to find out where the orders for these persecutions came from. This was 100% election interference and people need to go to jail for it in order to prevent further abuse and weaponization of our legal system.