The steps taken by prosecutors working with Special Counsel Jack Smith in the two cases represent a major legal victory for the Republican president-elect as he prepares to take office on January 20.
Prosecutors working with Smith said the policy Ministry of Justice The old American rule that presidents should not face criminal prosecution while in office requires the case related to the 2020 elections to be dismissed before it returns. Trump to The white house.
Trump’s spokesman Stephen Cheung called the move a “major victory for the rule of law.”
Smith’s office also moved to end his attempt to revive the case accusing Trump of illegal retention With secret documents When he left office in 2021 after his first term as president.
But prosecutors indicated that they would still ask the federal appeals court to reinstate the case against two Trump aides who were accused of obstructing this investigation.
These moves show that Trump won the election over the Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris It was not just a political victory, but also a legal victory.
