WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday filed motions to drop all federal charges against President-elect Donald Trump regarding his mishandling of classified documents and his effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the lead-up to the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S Capitol.
Special Counsel Jack Smith arrives to announce the indictment of former President Donald Trump during a press conference on Aug. 1, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Ricky Carioti/ / The Washington Post / Getty Images.
Smith and his team plan to resign before Trump takes office, one source told NBC News earlier this month.
Special counsel regulations require Smith to file a report to the attorney general explaining his charging decisions before he steps down.
Conservative judges on the Supreme Court handed Trump a sweeping victory in the case with its ruling on presidential immunity.
In a decision that legal experts widely criticized and that Smith vowed to appeal, Cannon found that Smith had not been properly appointed as a special counsel.
The Justice Department is focused on arresting the "most egregious" rioters before Trump returns to office. »