Posted on 07/17/2024 6:56:54 PM PDT by Libloather
Special counsel Jack Smith has formally appealed a federal judge’s dismissal of criminal charges against former President Trump over his alleged mishandling of classified information after finding the prosecutor was unlawfully appointed.
Smith’s office filed a notice saying it would appeal Florida-based U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s ruling tossing out the 40 charges Trump faced to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Trump-appointed judge on Monday ruled that Attorney General Merrick Garland did not have the authority to appoint a federal officer with the “kind of prosecutorial power wielded by Special Counsel Smith.”
“The bottom line is this: The Appointments Clause is a critical constitutional restriction stemming from the separation of powers, and it gives to Congress a considered role in determining the propriety of vesting appointment power for inferior officers,” Cannon wrote in a 93-page ruling.
“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.”
The ruling marked a major victory for Trump — the first time one of his four criminal cases has been dismissed entirely — and came on the heels of an attempted assassination of the former president. Trump said the dismissal should be seen as the “first step” toward “Uniting our Nation” following the failed effort to take his life, calling for his other cases to be dismissed.
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Smith may soon be on the other side of a legal matter. He is being accused of running a shakedown operation of millions of dollars against Serbian nationals. He is a scumbag.
He has no standing as he was unconstitutional appointed.
Wow. Talk about cannot read tea leaves.
Read Ed Meeses AMICUS brief and you’ll understand why Smith doesn’t have a chance of winning the appeal.
Jack Smith should lose his law license and be carried off in a straightjacket. Trump Derangement Syndrome is bad, bad, bad.
What’s the matter, Jack? Are you getting...emotional?
Shouldn’t he be arrested for multiple fraudsor something..like 34 of them?
The real judge should prevent Jack from discussing anything about the case.
He should be Sanctioned and Held in Contempt just for the Illegal Filing of an Appeal in a case he has NO Authority over..
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