Trump's DC "Election Interference" Case Dismissed

This judge needs a few years of Congressional and FBI investigation. She ruled against Trump on every single point.

Now she dismisses the case only because Jack Smith requests it. And he's only requesting it because DOJ policy says you can't prosecute a sitting president.

"As a result of the election held on November 5, 2024, the defendant, Donald J. Trump, will be inaugurated as President on January 20, 2025," Smith's motion said. "It has long been the position of the Department of Justice that the United States Constitution forbids the federal indictment and subsequent criminal prosecution of a sitting President. But the Department and the country have never faced the circumstance here, where a federal indictment against a private citizen has been returned by a grand jury and a criminal prosecution is already underway when the defendant is elected President."

"Confronted with this unprecedented situation, the Special Counsel's Office consulted with the Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), whose interpretation of constitutional questions such as those raised here is binding on Department prosecutors. After careful consideration, the Department has determined that OLC's prior opinions concerning the Constitution's prohibition on federal indictment and prosecution of a sitting President apply to this situation and that as a result this prosecution must be dismissed before the defendant is inaugurated," said the motion.

"That prohibition is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the Government's proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the Government stands fully behind," the motion said.

Chutkan dismissed the charges without prejudice, so that a later vindictive prosecutor can revive the politically-motivated case.

Trump will pardon himself, but vindictive prosecutors will bring charges anyway, just to make him go to court where they will argue that a president can't pardon himself. (He can -- there are no restrictions on the power.)

When leftists object to prosecuting the prosecutors, remind them who started this:

posted by Ace at 06:05 PM

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