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U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan dismissed federal election charges on Monday against President Donald Trump after special counsel Jack Smith filed a motion to drop the case.
Chutkan’s dismissal ended the longtime battle against Trump from the special counsel ahead of his return to office in January.
“Dismissal without prejudice is also consistent with the Government’s understanding that the immunity afforded to a sitting President is temporary, expiring when they leave office,” Chutkan wrote.
Trump took to his Truth Social account to celebrate the end of the case related to Jan. 6, 2021.
“These cases, like all of the other cases I have been forced to go through, are empty and lawless, and should never have been brought. Over $100 Million Dollars of Taxpayer Dollars has been wasted in the Democrat Party’s fight against their Political Opponent, ME,” Trump wrote.
“Nothing like this has ever happened in our Country before. They have also used State Prosecutors and District Attorneys, such as Fani Willis and her lover, Nathan Wade (who had absolutely zero experience in cases such as this, but was paid MILLIONS, enough for them to take numerous trips and cruises around the globe!), Letitia James, who inappropriately, unethically, and probably illegally, campaigned on ‘GETTING TRUMP’ in order to win Political Office, and Alvin Bragg, who himself never wanted to bring this case against me, but was forced to do so by the Justice Department and the Democrat Party….” Trump continued.
“….It was a political hijacking, and a low point in the History of our Country that such a thing could have happened, and yet, I persevered, against all odds, and WON. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” he concluded.
The ruling comes just days after New York Judge Juan Merchan indefinitely postponed President Donald Trump’s sentencing in the Stormy Daniels hush money case, as RSBN reported.
Merchan also granted Trump’s request to file a motion to dismiss the case altogether, with a December 2 deadline to file.
In May, Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records. Trump has continually denied any wrongdoing. Merchan delayed his sentencing to November 26 so as not to interfere with the upcoming presidential election. After Trump’s resounding victory on November 5, talks of dismissing the case immediately ensued.
