Jack Smith seeks to dismiss charges against Trump in D.C. election case

Washington — Special counsel Jack Smith asked a federal district court in Washington on Monday to dismiss the case against President-elect Donald Trump stemming from an alleged scheme to subvert the transfer of power after the 2020 election, bringing to a close the historic and unprecedented prosecution of the nation’s 45th and 47th president.

In newly filed court documents, federal prosecutors working in Smith’s office told U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan that they are seeking to close Trump’s case because Justice Department policy forbids the prosecution of a sitting president. 

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