Former President Trump on Monday celebrated the dismissal of the classified documents lawsuit against him and said all other lawsuits should follow suit.
“As we move forward to unite our nation after Saturday’s horrific events, the dropping of this lawless indictment in Florida must be just the first step, followed shortly thereafter by the dropping of the entire witch hunt,” Trump said. I have written He made the announcement on his Truth Social media platform on Monday.
Trump also specified each case he wants dismissed, from federal indictments related to attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election to an election-related organized crime case in Georgia.
Trump also sought to dismiss lawsuits in New York state, including a civil lawsuit already in trial, as well as a criminal case in which he was convicted of falsifying business records in an attempt to conceal information that could harm the American people ahead of the 2016 election. Trump is still awaiting a ruling in that case.
“The Democratic Department of Justice coordinated all of these political attacks, a conspiracy to interfere in the election against Joe Biden’s political opponent in the state of Maine. Let’s end all weaponization of our justice system and unite to Make America Great Again!” Trump added in a post on Monday.
The former president’s statement was made by U.S. District Judge Eileen Cannon. Criminal charges dropped He is accused of improperly handling classified information and obstructing government efforts to retrieve those records after he left the White House.
In a major victory for Trump, Judge Cannon ruled that Special Counsel Jack Smith was not lawfully appointed, marking the first time that one of Trump’s four criminal cases has been completely dismissed.
Judge Cannon ruled that federal law did not authorize Smith’s appointment.
“The bottom line is this,” Judge Cannon wrote in his 93-page opinion. “The Appointments Clause is an important constitutional constraint arising from the separation of powers and gives Congress a deliberate role in determining the propriety of granting appointment power to subordinate officials.”
“The special counsel position effectively takes away important legislative power and transfers it to agency heads, threatening in the process the structural freedoms inherent in the separation of powers.”
Cannon said that after “careful consideration,” he determined that there is no law that gives the attorney general the authority to appoint federal officials with the type of “prosecutorial power” exercised by Special Counsel Smith.
The decision comes just days after the former president was nearly assassinated during a rally in Pennsylvania, and both Trump and his presumptive rival in November’s presidential election have called for the nation to come together in the wake of the shooting.
Judge Cannon’s ruling comes as the Republican National Convention gets underway in Milwaukee, where Trump is expected to announce his running mate on Monday.
