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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsProsecutors Move to Drop Classified Documents Case Against Trump's Co-Defendants
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/us/politics/trump-classified-documents-case.htmlProsecutors Move to Drop Classified Documents Case Against Trump’s Co-Defendants
If the appeals court agrees, it would be the formal end of the case in which Donald J. Trump was accused of illegally holding onto classified materials after he left office.
By Alan Feuer
Jan. 29, 2025 Updated 1:36 p.m. ET
Federal prosecutors moved on Wednesday to drop their last remaining efforts to prosecute President Trump’s two co-defendants in the classified documents case brought by the former special counsel Jack Smith.
In a single-page filing, prosecutors asked a federal appeals court in Atlanta to dismiss an appeal that had been filed before Mr. Trump took office seeking to reinstate criminal charges against the two men, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira.
If the appeals court agrees to drop the government’s challenge, it would be the formal end of the case in which Mr. Trump was accused of illegally holding onto classified materials after he left office in 2021. He was also charged with conspiring with Mr. Nauta and Mr. De Oliveira to obstruct the government’s repeated efforts to retrieve them.
The case ended up in front of the appeals court this summer after Judge Aileen M. Cannon, who was appointed by Mr. Trump, dismissed the charges in their entirety. Her ruling determined — against decades of legal precedent — that Mr. Smith had been unlawfully appointed to his post as special counsel.
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Prosecutors Move to Drop Classified Documents Case Against Trump's Co-Defendants (Original Post)
dalton99a
Jan 29
OP
This is confusing to me because of all the litigation. Are these prosecutors ones that were hired by F47 or are they
in2herbs
Jan 29
#2
Could of been done sooner and then the release of Smith's report but didn't happen.
republianmushroom
Jan 29
#3
yankee87
(2,481 posts)1. Traitors Win
So, we are a failed nation. When this presidency is over, I expect thousands of Top Secret documents to be taken and sold.
in2herbs
(3,499 posts)2. This is confusing to me because of all the litigation. Are these prosecutors ones that were hired by F47 or are they
prosecutors from Biden's era? Also, doesn't this involve Judge Cannon?
republianmushroom
(18,746 posts)3. Could of been done sooner and then the release of Smith's report but didn't happen.
Thank you Merrick the Meek.
48 month and counting