The indictments against Trump
The prosecutor requests to drop the charges against Trump
Special prosecutor Jack Smith has requested that the judge drop his charges against Donald Trump, US media reports. The former and future president has been charged with conspiring to have the 2020 election annulled.
Jack Smith and his team are believed to be planning to resign before Trump takes office as president. In recent weeks, they have reportedly been working on winding down the indictment, in accordance with the Justice Department's practice that you cannot indict a sitting president.
Donald Trump has denied all accusations, but has also never retracted his claims that the 2020 election was "stolen" from him.
According to the AP, the Department of Justice is also to drop the charges related to Trump's storage of classified documents in his home.
Trump's team: "Great victory for the rule of law"
Trump's team calls it a "major victory" that prosecutors have requested to drop two charges against him on Monday.
- Today's decision by the Department of Justice means an end to the federal charges against Donald Trump and is a great victory for the principles of the rule of law, says Trump's communications director Steven Cheung.
Trump has been indicted for engaging in a conspiracy to invalidate the 2020 election, and for hiding classified documents in his home.
Trump on the indictments: Illegal - should never have been brought
The prosecutors were forced to pursue the charges against Donald Trump, but now order has been restored, the president himself states on Truth Social.
"These charges, like all other lawsuits I have been forced to endure, are empty and illegal and should never have been filed," he writes.
Earlier on Monday evening, the Department of Justice requested to drop two separate indictments against Trump. One involved Trump's participation in a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results and the other how he moved and stored classified documents.
The prosecutor requests to drop the charges against Trump
Special prosecutor Jack Smith has requested that the judge drop his charges against Donald Trump, US media reports. The former and future president has been charged with conspiring to have the 2020 election annulled.
Jack Smith and his team are believed to be planning to resign before Trump takes office as president. In recent weeks, they have reportedly been working on winding down the indictment, in accordance with the Justice Department's practice that you cannot indict a sitting president.
Donald Trump has denied all accusations, but has also never retracted his claims that the 2020 election was "stolen" from him.
According to the AP, the Department of Justice is also to drop the charges related to Trump's storage of classified documents in his home.
Trump's team: "Great victory for the rule of law"
Trump's team calls it a "major victory" that prosecutors have requested to drop two charges against him on Monday.
- Today's decision by the Department of Justice means an end to the federal charges against Donald Trump and is a great victory for the principles of the rule of law, says Trump's communications director Steven Cheung.
Trump has been indicted for engaging in a conspiracy to invalidate the 2020 election, and for hiding classified documents in his home.
Trump on the indictments: Illegal - should never have been brought
The prosecutors were forced to pursue the charges against Donald Trump, but now order has been restored, the president himself states on Truth Social.
"These charges, like all other lawsuits I have been forced to endure, are empty and illegal and should never have been filed," he writes.
Earlier on Monday evening, the Department of Justice requested to drop two separate indictments against Trump. One involved Trump's participation in a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results and the other how he moved and stored classified documents.
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