Justice Department policy bars the prosecution of a sitting president.
A judge dismissed the federal election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump after Special Counsel Jack Smith moved to dismiss it.A U.S. District Court judge dismissed the federal election subversion case against President-elect Donald Trump Monday, after Special Counsel Jack Smith moved to dismiss it earlier in the day.
Nearly 16 months after a grand jury first indicted Trump over his alleged efforts to unlawfully overturn the results of the 2020 election, Smith asked Chutkan to throw out the case ahead of Trump's impending inauguration, according to a motion filed Monday. "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.
Smith subsequently charged Trump in a superseding indictment that was adjusted to respect the Supreme Court's July ruling that Trump is entitled to immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts undertaken as president.
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