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From the Associated Press: WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith urged a federal appeals court Monday to reinstate the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, saying a judge’s decision that dismissed the prosecution was at odds with longstanding Justice Department practice and must be reversed.
Smith’s team said U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon made a grievous mistake by ruling that Smith was unlawfully appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland. That position, prosecutors wrote in a brief filed with the Atlanta-based appeals court, runs counter to rulings by judges across the country as well as “widespread and longstanding appointment practices in the Department of Justice and across the government.”
If allowed to stand, they warned, it could ”jeopardize the longstanding operation of the Justice Department and call into question hundreds of appointments throughout the Executive Branch.”
“The Attorney General validly appointed the Special Counsel, who is also properly funded,” prosecutors wrote. “In ruling otherwise, the district court deviated from binding Supreme Court precedent, misconstrued the statutes that authorized the Special Counsel’s appointment, and took inadequate account of the longstanding history of Attorney General appointments of special counsels.”
In the report, the Associated Press implies there is plenty of evidence to charge Trump, touting “surveillance video and an audio recording of Trump’s own words.”
“But over the last year, the case has been snarled by delays as Cannon, a Trump-appointed judge, entertained assorted Trump team motions before ultimately dismissing the prosecution in a stunning decision that brought the proceedings to at least a temporary halt,” the AP laments.
BREAKING: Special counsel Jack Smith urges federal appeals court to reinstate classified documents case against Donald Trump. https://t.co/11zlhcTooT
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 26, 2024
Special Counsel Jack Smith is challenging Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision to strike down his classified documents case against former Pres. Donald Trump, calling Cannon’s arguments “strained” and “nonsensical.”
ABC News’ @PierreTABC has the latest. pic.twitter.com/XMdQb3wPNr
— ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) August 27, 2024
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