Jack Smith’s Nuclear Option Will Directly Target Judge in Trump Trial
Special counsel Jack Smith appears to be losing his patience in his case against former President Donald Trump over classified documents that were found at his Mar-a-Lago estate. Smith is reportedly considering “pushing…
Special counsel Jack Smith appears to be losing his patience in his case against former President Donald Trump over classified documents that were found at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Smith is reportedly considering “pushing the nuclear button” in taking U.S. District Court Judge Aileen M. Cannon off of the case which she currently presides over, per NBC News.
A court filing from this week had the special counsel legal team questioning Cannon’s willingness to consider a push from Trump’s legal counsel to dismiss the case.
The former president’s legal team argued that the DOJ has no right to turn the issue of presidential records into a criminal case.
Cannon ultimately dismissed that on Thursday, refusing to issue a separate court order on the issue.
In the three-page ruling, she left arguments for Trump to continue questioning the validity of the case open but ultimately denied it for the moment.
The decision comes as both good and bad for both sides of the case.
Of course, for Smith, the judge denying the possibility of the case being dismissed is undeniably a positive as the legal prosecution of