The special prosecutor investigating the case against Donald Trump for illegal attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 elections, Jack Smith, recommended on Monday that the prosecution be stopped considering him now president-elect.
It thus complies with the policy adopted more than 50 years ago by the Department of Justice, consisting of not prosecuting a sitting president. Although the case of a candidate criminally prosecuted and then elected president is “unprecedented,” during deliberations with the special prosecutor’s office, the department concluded that this policy “applies to this situation,” explains Jack Smith.
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Jack Smith had already taken this path by obtaining from the judge, a few days after the November 5 vote that resulted in the victory of the Republican presidential candidate, the annulment of all deadlines on the calendar in this matter.
He motivated his request by the need to give the prosecution “time to analyze this unprecedented situation and determine the course of action to follow in accordance with Department of Justice policy.”
Back in the White House, Donald Trump could appoint a new Attorney General who would fire Jack Smith or simply order his Justice Department to drop the charges against him.
Donald Trump’s campaign team immediately welcomed a “major victory for the rule of law.”
Source: BFM TV
