The special prosecutor appointed by the Federal Minister of Justice initiated the termination of the criminal proceedings against Donald Trump in Washington.
Jack Smith has announced that he is asking the competent federal judge to drop the lawsuit filed over his attempt to change the outcome of the 2020 election. According to the prosecutor’s initiative submitted to the court, the termination of the court proceedings must take place before Donald Trump’s swearing in office on January 20.
“According to the constitution, the case must be terminated before the accused is installed in his office”
– says Jack Smith’s proposal.
The announcement is in line with expectations and the US judicial practice that the federal government does not pursue a criminal case against a sitting president.
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In 2023, the US Department of Justice, which also serves as the federal attorney general, indicted the former president and re-elected Republican politician in 2023 for obstructing the transfer of power and attempting to change the results of the 2020 presidential election in a criminal organization.
The criminal proceedings were influenced by the decision of the federal supreme court in July of this year, with which it partially accepted the argument of Donald Trump and his lawyers that the former president deserves impunity for decisions made in connection with his office.
Trump argued in the criminal case that he launched initiatives to review the results of the 2020 presidential election as a sitting president to ensure the election was fair.
In another criminal case, also against Donald Trump, the continuation of the proceeding in New York was postponed indefinitely last week by Judge Juan Merchan.
The judge’s decision was preceded by District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s motion to suspend the case until January 2029, during the time that Donald Trump is president of the United States.
In May, the jury found Donald Trump guilty of all 34 charges in a criminal proceeding based on the laws of the state of New York due to the falsification of business documents. The judge originally set the sentencing hearing for July, but later postponed it to November 26, after the presidential election, and postponed it again for a specific time.
Donald Trump’s legal representatives initiated the complete termination of the case.
The politician called the criminal cases against him a politically motivated persecution, initiated by Democratic prosecutors and the Democrat-controlled Department of Justice against him as a political opponent.
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Source: nepszava.hu
