Special counsel Jack Smith on Friday asked a federal court in Washington, D.C., to vacate the remaining deadlines in the 2020 election subversion case against President-elect Donald Trump, signaling a likely end to one of two federal criminal cases against him.
Smith signaled his plans to stop pursuing two criminal indictments against Trump earlier this week after a spokesperson for the special counsel’s office circulated a memorandum on the Justice Department’s long-standing policy that the agency is precluded from prosecuting an incoming or sitting president.
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