It’s just being reported that the DOJ is going to force Jack Smith to resign from the DOJ and will get rid of his two cases against Trump to become compliant with DOJ policy that they cannot prosecute a sitting president.
Here’s the report from Fox News:
"The DOJ, where Jack Smith works, can not prosecute a sitting president.
Fox News is told that Jack Smith will be gone from his post as special counsel, meaning the cases will be gone before Trump takes the oath of office on January 20,"@davidspunt @FoxNews… pic.twitter.com/3XoVnU3BP7
— Heather Champion (@winningatmylife) November 6, 2024
Merrick Garland, Jack Smith drop both cases against President Trump… Reporter — ‘What Trump did is worse than Nixon.’
JUST IN: The Department of Justice and Jack Smith immediately end their cases against Donald Trump.
The DOJ cited their policy that presidents can't be prosecuted however it was assumed they would work up until the "last day."
"What's interesting here is that the DOJ is moving… pic.twitter.com/TzOKIxSgcF
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 6, 2024
BREAKING: DOJ moving to wind down Trump criminal cases before he takes office, per NBC
— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) November 6, 2024
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