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What TRUMP Will Do On His Legal Problems-Jack Smith Winds Down Criminal Cases
Here is What The Election Results Mean For TRUMPs Legal Problems
US Special Counsel Jack Smith, To Wind Down Criminal Cases Against Trump
Jack Smiths case would not be finished before inauguration, after which Trump could prohibit prosecutors from pursuing it
The Guardian 7 NOV 2024
Now that President elect Donald Trump has emerged victorious in the 2024 election, Politico has done a rundown of what it means for the multiple criminal charges that have been leveled against him.
In short, Politico finds that Trump is now his own judge and jury, insulated from the criminal consequences he might have faced without the legal force field of the Oval Office.
Once he returns to the Oval Office next year, Trump will almost certainly fire special counsel Jack Smith, who indicted Trump for trying to subvert the 2020 presidential election and for stashing top-secret government documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
Trump will also appoint an attorney general who will drop ALL charges against him, according to prior statements.
US Special Counsel to Wind Down Criminal Cases Against Trump
Special counsel prosecutors will shut down their criminal cases against Donald Trump before he takes office, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter, after his stunning victory against Kamala Harris meant they would not proceed to trial.
The move reflects the reality that the cases will not be completed before inauguration day. Once the former president returns to the White House, the special counsels office would be prohibited from pursuing further criminal actions under justice department policy.
The justice department has long known that if Trump won, the criminal cases over Trumps retention of classified documents and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election would be finished because Trumps attorney general would likely drop the charges.
But it is also understood to be a preemptive measure to ensure that Trump will not be able to order the dismissal of the special counsel, Jack Smith, as he had vowed to do if he takes office and Smith remained in his role.
That possibility had been relished by Trumps close aides and advisers, who privately imagined Trump ordering Smiths removal and his team having to vacate their office space in Washington.
The justice department is still examining how to wind down the cases, which are in different stages and are complicated. In particular, the department does not want the classified documents case, which was dismissed and currently under appeal, to go unchallenged.
Failure to pursue an appeal over the dismissal of the classified documents case on grounds that the special counsel himself was illegally appointed could set a problematic precedent and hamper the departments ability to use special counsels in the future.
What Donald Trumps Win Means For Ukraine, Middle East, And Russia
Donald Trumps return to the White House is set to reshape US foreign policy, promising potentially radical shifts on multiple fronts as war and uncertainty grip parts of the world.
During his campaign, Trump made broad policy pledges, often lacking specific details, based on principles of non-interventionism and trade protectionism - or as he puts it America First.
His victory signals one of the most significant potential disruptions in many years in Washingtons approach to foreign affairs in the midst of parallel crises
A very VERY sad day for American democracy and just how much, if any, the US will be respected in the world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3NqP01mpaY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GdwbvpcgkE&t=15s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cTk_QwFWq0
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