U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon issued the ruling today. Trump had been charged with withholding documents and obstructing justice after he left the White House.
I have a feeling Engoron/ Leticia James along with the Merchan case will be dismissed as well.
Ridiculous case to begin with but all this does is sets up the appellate circuit to rule on it and SCOTUS will probably take it up so they can rule on the constitutionality of the new law.
I bet that’s why she kept delaying the case. She was writing the 93 page opinion.
“The judge granted the Trump defense team’s motion in a shocking move on Monday morning.
“The Superseding Indictment is DISMISSED because Special Counsel Smith’s appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution,” her order states. “Special Counsel Smith’s use of a permanent indefinite appropriation also violates the Appropriations Clause […] but the Court need not address proper remedy for that funding violation given the dismissal on Appointments Clause grounds. The effect of this Order is confined to this proceeding.”
Someone Illegally appointed this turd, who then set the doj and fbi after a former POTUS and announced frontrunner for the primary and now general election.
Nobody illegally appointed this turd. The constitutionality of the law has not been brought up until now. So when the turd was appointed it was all legal.
Now, she is no longer on the case, stalling the proceedings. Smith can immediately go to the Circuit Appeals court and they will definitely overrule her and appoint a new Judge. She should have stalled longer, if Trump won he would have had his AG drop the prosecution. Now, it is on and it could happen before the election.