Judge grants Jack Smith request to dismiss Jan. 6 charges against Trump, appeal dropped in Florida docs case

A justice has dropped the charges against President-elect Donald Trump successful the D.C. lawsuit against him, pursuing a petition that Special Counsel Jack Smith made connected Monday.

The determination concerns the probe into the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach. Fox News Digital antecedently learned of Smith's petition earlier connected Monday.

"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 Jan. 6 lawsuit against Trump was dropped connected Monday. (Fox News Digital)

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.

Smith had already filed a question to vacate each deadlines successful the 2020 predetermination interference lawsuit against Trump successful Washington, D.C. – a wide expected move, but 1 that stopped abbreviated of dropping the lawsuit against Trump completely. Smith had said his squad planned to springiness an updated study connected the authoritative presumption of the lawsuit against Trump connected Dec. 2.

Trump pleaded not blameworthy to each charges successful the lawsuit and took the combat to the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing connected the ground of statesmanlike immunity. 

The precocious tribunal ruled that Trump was immune from prosecution for authoritative statesmanlike acts, forcing Smith to record a caller indictment. Trump pleaded not blameworthy to those caller charges, too. Trump's attorneys person been seeking to person the predetermination interference charges dropped successful Washington, D.C., alleging that Smith was appointed unlawfully. 

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WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 06:  Republican statesmanlike nominee, erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to talk during an predetermination nighttime lawsuit astatine the Palm Beach Convention Center connected November 06, 2024 successful West Palm Beach, Florida. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

"The American People re-elected President Trump with an overwhelming mandate to Make America Great Again. Today’s determination by the DOJ ends the unconstitutional national cases against President Trump, and is simply a large triumph for the regularisation of law," Trump spokesperson and incoming White House communications manager Steven Cheung said successful a statement. "The American People and President Trump privation an contiguous extremity to the governmental weaponization of our justness strategy and we look guardant to uniting our country."

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Trump pleaded not blameworthy to each charges stemming from some of Smith’s investigations. 

Smith is expected to resign arsenic peculiar counsel earlier Trump takes office. 

Trump posted to his Truth Social Monday day that the cases against him "are bare and lawless and should ne'er person been brought." 

"These cases, similar each of the different cases I person been forced to spell through, are bare and lawless, and should ne'er person been brought. Over $100 Million Dollars of Taxpayer Dollars has been wasted successful the Democrat Party’s combat against their Political Opponent, ME," Trump posted. "Nothing similar this has ever happened successful our Country before." 

Trump said "state Prosecutors and District Attorneys, specified arsenic Fani Willis and her lover, Nathan Wade (who had perfectly zero acquisition successful cases specified arsenic this, but was paid MILLIONS, capable for them to instrumentality galore trips and cruises astir the globe!), Letitia James, who inappropriately, unethically, and astir apt illegally, campaigned connected ‘GETTING TRUMP’ successful bid to triumph Political Office, and Alvin Bragg, who himself ne'er wanted to bring this lawsuit against me, but was forced to bash truthful by the Justice Department and the Democrat Party." 

Trump added: "It was a governmental hijacking, and a debased constituent successful the History of our Country that specified a happening could person happened, and yet, I persevered, against each odds, and WON. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"