Appeals Court Rules to Drop Trump’s Case Involving Classified Documents

The appeals court has decided to dismiss charges related to Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents, effectively ending the prosecution by Special Counsel Jack Smith. The charges against Trump included allegations of retaining national defense information after leaving office and directing the deletion of security video at his Mar-a-Lago resort. The charges were dismissed based on the grounds that Smith’s appointment as special counsel was illegal. Two other criminal cases against Trump, involving hush money payments in New York and election interference in Georgia, are also uncertain. Trump’s attorneys argue that presidential immunity protections should prevent sentencing in the New York case, while the Georgia case has been delayed over conflict of interest allegations. Trump has consistently maintained his innocence and called the prosecutions politically motivated. He expressed relief at the dismissal of charges and denounced the cases as “empty and lawless.” Trump’s sentencing in the New York case has been postponed, while the status of the Georgia case remains uncertain. Smith and his team are expected to resign before Trump’s inauguration, signaling the end of their prosecutions against the former president.

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