Special Counsel Jack Smith has officially moved to dismiss federal charges against President-elect Donald Trump, arguing that it is against Justice Department policy to pursue a criminal prosecution against a sitting president.
Democrats are already wailing and gnashing their teeth over this development – and we all know why.
Judge Tanya Chutkan granted the dismissal in the D.C. election interference case, which marks an anticlimactic end to the effort to use the criminal justice system to prevent Trump from winning the 2024 election. Democrats have criticized the decision and taken issue with how long it took the Justice Department to prosecute and convict the president-elect.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) expressed his disappointment on X, saying, “The Justice Dept and the court system failed to uphold the principle that no one is above the law” and said…
