Fox News ineligible expert Gregg Jarrett said Tuesday that President-elect Trump's latest ineligible triumph "came arsenic nary shock" aft U.S. peculiar counsel Jack Smith requested to drop the national predetermination interference case. Jarrett told "Fox & Friends" that Smith appeared "desperate" to assistance the Democratic statesmanlike nominee triumph successful bid to prevention his occupation and proceed the "misbegotten" prosecutions.
GREGG JARRETT: This is nary large shock. The infinitesimal Trump won, Smith's misbegotten cases were over. And helium knew and feared that that mightiness happen. Which is wherefore helium tried to unreserved the prosecutions earlier the election. And erstwhile helium failed, past helium attempted to harm Trump's chances astatine the ballot container to truly spot to the nationalist damaging documents close earlier the election. And that, of course, ignored DOJ rules that forbid it. Even the justice said that's irregular, but she happily went on with it. You know, the peculiar counsel, I think, was hopeless to assistance the Democratic nominee triumph truthful helium could support his occupation and proceed these vindictive prosecutions. Obviously, it didn't work. Americans had the last say.
WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 1: Special Prosecutor Jack Smith addresses reporters aft his expansive assemblage has issued much indictments of erstwhile President Donald Trump successful Washington, DC. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
These 2 cases should ne'er person been brought. Jack Smith was appointed 3 days aft Trump announced helium was moving for president, which tells you everything you request to know. No just oregon neutral authoritative would person ever done this. These were purely political, which is what Jack Smith has ever done successful his career. They were legally anemic based connected wholly untested ineligible theories, and law roadblocks were everyplace successful beforehand of him. The Supreme Court shredded the J6 lawsuit on immunity grounds, and the precocious tribunal besides said, 'DOJ, you're misusing the obstruction charges.' So successful the end, determination was truly thing near of Smith's cases.
Smith's lawsuit was related to the probe into the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach.
"The Government has moved to disregard the Superseding Indictment without prejudice," U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote successful a decision. "Defendant does not reason the Motion…and the tribunal volition assistance it."
Smith besides filed a question to driblet his entreaty successful his classified records lawsuit against Trump – a lawsuit that was tossed successful July by national Judge Aileen Cannon. Cannon ruled Smith was unlawfully appointed arsenic peculiar counsel.
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The moves travel aft Smith, earlier this period aft Trump’s triumph successful the 2024 statesmanlike election, signaled helium would statesman winding down his lawsuit against Trump. The filing went unrecorded connected the Department of Justice docket connected Monday afternoon.
Fox News' Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
This nonfiction was written by Fox News staff.