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https://apnews.com/article/trump-classified-documents-smith-c66d5ffb7ba86c1b991f95e89bdeba0c


WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Florida dismissed the classified 
documents case against former President Donald Trump on Monday, siding 
with defense lawyers who said the special counsel who filed the charges 
was illegally appointed by the Justice Department.

It’s the latest stroke of good fortune in the four criminal cases Trump 
has faced. He was convicted in May in his New York hush money trial, but 
the sentencing has been postponed after a Supreme Court opinion that 
conferred broad immunity on former presidents. That opinion will cause 
major delays in a separate case charging Trump with plotting to overturn 
his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Another election 
subversion case filed in Atlanta has been delayed by revelations of a 
romantic relationship between the district attorney and a special 
prosecutor she hired for the case.

In a statement on his social media platform, Trump said the dismissal 
“should be just the first step” and the three other cases, which he 
called “Witch Hunts,” should also be thrown out.

The classified documents case had been seen as the most legally 
clear-cut of the four given the breadth of evidence that prosecutors say 
they had accumulated, including the testimony of close aides and former 
lawyers, and because the conduct at issue occurred after Trump left the 
White House in 2021 and lost the powers of the presidency.

The indictment included dozens of felony counts accusing him of 
illegally hoarding classified records from his presidency at his 
Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, and obstructing FBI efforts to 
get them back. He had pleaded not guilty and denied wrongdoing.

Defense lawyers filed multiple challenges to the case, including legally 
technical ones that asserted that special counsel Jack Smith’s 
appointment by Attorney General Merrick Garland violated the 
Constitution’s Appointments Clause because it did not go through 
Congress and that Smith’s office was improperly funded by the Justice 
Department.

Cannon agreed, writing Monday that Garland had exceeded his bounds by 
appointing a prosecutor without Senate approval and confirmation and had 
undermined the authority of Congress.

“The Special Counsel’s position effectively usurps that important 
legislative authority, transferring it to a Head of Department, and in 
the process threatening the structural liberty inherent in the 
separation of powers,” Cannon wrote in a 93-page order that granted the 
defense team’s request to dismiss the case but did not dissect the 
substance of the allegations against Trump.

“If the political branches wish to grant the Attorney General power to 
appoint Special Counsel Smith to investigate and prosecute this action 
with the full powers of a United States Attorney, there is a valid means 
by which to do so,” she added.

That mechanism is through congressional approval, she said.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/breaking-trump-sue-doj-mar-lago-raid-100/

President Trump announced on Monday that his legal team will sue the 
Biden Department of Justice for $100 million over the unprecedented raid 
on his home in 2022.

Last month, Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the high-profile classified 
documents case, citing the unlawful appointment of Special Counsel Jack 
Smith.

This decision comes as a significant blow to the Biden regime and the 
Department of Justice, raising questions about the integrity of the 
entire investigation.

Attorney General Garland violated the Constitution by appointing Jack 
Smith to conduct this politically motivated persecution against 
President Trump.

The decision effectively halts the prosecution led by Special Counsel 
Jack Smith, appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland.

According to NBC News, President Trump’s lawyers “argued that an officer 
like the special counsel must be appointed “by law” and that the special 
counsel should be categorized as a “principal officer” and subject to 
Senate confirmation. The statutory text cited by the special counsel’s 
office “does not authorize” the U.S. attorney general’s appointment of 
the special counsel, his lawyer, Emil Bove, argued.”

Cannon did question whether Attorney General Merrick had any oversight 
role in seeking the indictment against Trump.

Jack Smith’s prosecutor James Pearce refused to answer and claimed it 
would be against policy to answer the question.

FOX News reported:

Former President Donald Trump announced on Monday he will sue the Biden 
DOJ over the over the government’s unprecedented 2022 raid on his 
Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach, Florida, with lawyers arguing it was 
done with “clear intent to engage in political persecution.”

EXCLUSIVE: Former President Donald Trump is set to sue the Justice 
Department for $100 million in damages over the government’s 
unprecedented 2022 raid on his Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach, 
Florida, with lawyers arguing it was done with “clear intent to engage 
in political persecution.”

Fox News has obtained Trump’s memo claiming “tortious conduct by the 
United States against President Trump.”

After the raid, Special Counsel Jack Smith was appointed to investigate. 
Smith ultimately brought 37 felony counts against Trump, including 
willful retention of national defense information, conspiracy to 
obstruct justice, and false statements. Trump pleaded not guilty to all 
counts.

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