Special counsel hits pause on Donald Trump election interference case

He can appoint an attorney general who's willing to do Donald Trump's criminal and corrupt bidding and order the attorney general to dismiss the criminal cases against Trump's co-conspirators,

Kirschner said

Glenn Kirschneroffice, former prosecutor

Jack Smith must indict Donald Trump's co-conspirators because that will force Donald Trump's hand,

Kirschner said

There are a lot of questions really about all these cases, including the federal cases, which is, for example, what happens to the evidence?"

Dilanian said on MSNBC on Thursday

Various federal obstruction of justice statutes would make any such conduct a felony,

Gillers said

Once the election fraud case is dismissed, it can't be refiled after Trump leaves office because the statute of limitations will have run,

he said

I don't think destruction of evidence is a concern,

he said

Immunity under the court's decision does not extend to anyone who carries out a president's instruction,

he said

This is the opposite of how to oppose autocracy,

Eisen posted

Jack Smith just officially brought Donald Trump's January 6th criminal case to a close, even though a grand jury found sufficient evidence to bring an indictment against Trump for the crimes he committed,

Dobrofsky posted

It's hard for me to explain the depth of sadness I feel about Jack Smith moving to vacate the remaining schedule in the DC case. All that work. All those filings,

said a post on the X account for the "Mueller, She Wrote" newsletter and podcast

As a result of the election held on November 5, 2024, the defendant is expected to be certified as President-elect on January 6, 2025, and inaugurated on January 20, 2025

Smith wrote in his Friday court filing

William Barrformer Attorney General

Further maneuvering on these cases in the weeks ahead would serve no legitimate purpose and only distract the country and the incoming administration from the task at hand,

Barr said

I think in the next 48 to 72 hours we're going to hear something,

said a source close to Trump's defense

We know kind of where the world is headed in a Trump environment because we’ve seen it before,

Jeffrey Solomon, president of TD Cowen, said on CNBC’s “Money Movers” on Wednesday

Rick Scottsenator

Two years of a Republican agenda is good, but four years of success under Donald J. Trump is even better,

Scott said in a news release

With more than 100,000 ballots still left to count, we will continue to make sure Pennsylvanians’ voices are heard,

she said

The Government has consulted with defense counsel, who do not object to this request,

the filing read

Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States be appointed by the President subject to the advice and consent of the Senate, although Congress may vest the appointment of inferior officers in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments."

The Appointments Clause states

It is now abundantly clear that Americans want an immediate end to the weaponization of our justice system, so we can, as President Trump said in his historic speech yesterday, unify our country and work together for the betterment of our nation,

campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said

The Attorney General validly appointed the Special Counsel, who is also properly funded."

Smith appealed the decision in August, with the filing reading