Trump document case DISMISSED

A federal judge has dismissed the Justice Department’s classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, agreeing with defense attorneys that the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith was “unlawful” and violated the former president’s due process.

 

Politico senior reporter Kyle Cheney spotted the latest document out of Florida U.S. District Court where Judge Aileen Cannon wrote that “Special Counsel Smith’s appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution.” She added that Smith’s use of a “permanent indefinite appropriate also violates the Appropriations Clause” but that “the Court need not address the proper remedy for the funding violation given the dismissal on Appointments Clause grounds.”