Special counsel Jack Smith plans to quit; Cannon appeal may continue

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Ending the two federal cases could allow Smith to deliver a final report detailing his findings to Attorney General Merrick Garland before Trump becomes the 47th president.
45% : End of carouselOne possible option, according to legal experts, is to remove Trump as a co-defendant from the case as the appeal continues, while keeping his co-defendants:
34% : Since Trump was indicted by state and federal grand juries last year, his lawyers have wielded every possible legal maneuver to delay his cases past the presidential election or get them dismissed.
30% : It is unclear what new evidence against Trump a special counsel report would reveal, but legal experts say that it could show what Smith's legal strategy would have been had the cases gone to trial.
28% : Dropping Trump from the case while keeping Nauta and De Oliveira as defendants would adhere to Justice Department guidelines and leave it to Trump's administration to decide whether to continue with the appeal.
22% : One accuses Trump of hoarding highly classified documents after leaving the White House and obstructing government efforts to retrieve them; the other charges him with trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
17% : Special counsel Jack Smith plans to resign and wrap up his federal prosecutions of President-elect Donald Trump before Trump takes office and can fire him, according to a person familiar with Smith's plans.

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