Could the dropping of charges clear the way for the release of the special counsel’s report on the prosecution?
A federal judge slammed special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday and accused his office of seeking to deny two former co-defendants of President Trump a fair trial by releasing a final report on the
The Justice Department moved on Wednesday to terminate its case against President Donald Trump ‘s two co-defendants in Florida, a reversal after the department, under special counsel Jack Smith, had attempted to keep the classified documents charges against the pair alive.
Washington — The top federal prosecutor in South Florida is asking a federal appeals court to toss out the classified documents case against President Trump’s former co-defendants, aide Walt Nauta and former Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos de Oliveira.
Federal prosecutors in Florida moved to dismiss Special Counsel Jack Smith's appeal, a move that moves the process a step closer to ending the classified documents case against President Donald Trump. The motion still has to be approved by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, according to The Hill newspaper.
Without an explanation, the DOJ asked an appeals court to end its challenge against a prior decision to throw out its prosecution of valet Walt Nauta and property manager Carlos De Oliveira.
Federal prosecutors in Florida moved to dismiss the appeal in the Mar-a-Lago prosecution, pushing to bring an end to President Trump’s classified documents case. The motion, which comes after the U.S.
The DOJ on Wednesday moved to dismiss the criminal charges against Trump's co-defendants in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. The post ‘With prejudice’: Trump’s DOJ moves to drop charges against president’s co-defendants in Mar-a-Lago classified documents case first appeared on Law & Crime.
Now, with the same legal team that defended Trump against the criminal cases in charge of running the DOJ, all that was left of the prosecution were the charges against Walt Nauta, Trump’s valet, and Carlos de Oliveira, Mar-a-Lago’s property manager. The two faced charges of mishandling classified information and of helping Trump obstruct justice.
Federal prosecutors informed the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday that they are officially dropping the case against former co-defendants in the classified documents case tied to President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
The Justice Department ended its prosecution on Wednesday of two former co-defendants of President Donald Trump who were accused of mishandling classified documents.