OAN Staff Avril Elfie
2:39 PM – Monday, November 25, 2024
A judge granted Special Counsel Jack Smith's request to dismiss President-elect Donald Trump's election interference case.
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On Monday, Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote a one-page order dismissing the lawsuit.
Judge Tanya Chutkan was appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in June 2014.
“For the reasons set forth in the accompanying Opinion ECF No. 282, the Government's Motion to Dismiss ECF No. 281 is hereby granted and the Substitute Indictment ECF No. 226 is dismissed without prejudice,” Chutkan wrote. . .
Early Monday, Mr. Smith formally announced that he was dropping the election interference lawsuit against Mr. Trump. Smith filed a six-page motion asking Chutkan to abandon the lawsuit ahead of President Trump's impending inauguration.
“The[Justice]Department's position is that the Constitution requires that this case be dismissed before the defendants are sworn in,” Smith said in a six-page filing. “This outcome is not based on the merits or strength of the case against the defendants.”
President Trump threatened earlier this month that he would fire Smith if he returned to office.
Smith charged Trump with four felonies for conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Trump has maintained his innocence throughout the entire process.
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