Trump Documents Case Dismissed By Federal Judge, With Special Counsel Vowing To Appeal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Thirty-two of those records underlie counts of willful retention of national defense information that Trump was charged with.
54% : Trump is poised to formally accept the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention in Milwaukee, which kicks off Monday.
53% : The judge wrote that if the political branches want to grant the attorney general the power to appoint Smith to investigate and prosecute Trump, with the powers of a U.S. attorney, there is a valid means to do so: he can be appointed and confirmed through the method laid out in the Appointments Clause, or Congress can authorize his appointment through legislation consistent with the Constitution.
50% : Trump said a bullet grazed his ear while he was addressing the crowd of his supporters.
43% : Trump wrote.
43% : His indictment last June, followed by new charges brought weeks later, were the culmination of a 15-month-long effort by the federal government to retrieve records Trump had at his South Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago, after his presidency ended in January 2021.
40% : "The bottom line is this: The Appointments Clause is a critical constitutional restriction stemming from the separation of powers, and it gives to Congress a considered role in determining the propriety of vesting appointment power for inferior officers," wrote Cannon, who was appointed to the bench by Trump.
40% : Additional information had continued to trickle out into the public's view as Cannon unsealed documents related to the federal investigation into Trump, including court records showing that federal agents suspected the former president might have tried to hinder the investigation in ways not previously known.
37% : Smith's case against Trump alleging he unlawfully held onto the nation's secrets after leaving office was considered to be the strongest and potentially greatest legal threat to the former president.
35% : But unlike Smith, who was top war crimes prosecutor at The Hague before he was tapped to investigate Trump, Weiss is a Senate-confirmed U.S. attorney in Delaware.
34% : "Cannon's dismissal on the appointments clause violation comes after the Supreme Court ruled two weeks ago that Trump is entitled to immunity from federal prosecution for official acts taken while in office, a decision that stemmed from the 2020 election-related case.
32% : In the New York case, a jury found Trump guilty in May on 34 counts of falsification of business records stemming from a $130,000 "hush money" payment his attorney made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the run-up to the 2016 election.
32% : Trump is facing 10 counts there and has pleaded not guilty.
31% : In addition to the two sets of charges brought by Smith, Trump was also indicted on state charges in New York and Fulton County, Georgia.
29% : Weiss brought charges against Hunter Biden in two cases: one in Delaware, where he was convicted of gun charges, and the second in California, where is charged with tax crimes.Smith also charged Trump with four counts stemming from his alleged attempts to subvert the peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 presidential election.
29% : The verdict made Trump the first former president to be convicted of a crime, and he is set to be sentenced in September.
28% : But Trump and his team are likely to use the decision as the basis for tossing out Smith's case in Washington, D.C., involving an alleged scheme to subvert the transfer of presidential power.
21% : Trump and his lawyers had highlighted Thomas' opinion, which is not binding, in recent filings to Cannon and argued that it bolstered their bid to toss out the indictment based on Smith's allegedly unlawful appointment.
18% : Trump said in a statement on social media that all civil and criminal cases brought against him should also be dismissed, and he accused the Justice Department of coordinating the indictments in an effort to harm his presidential campaign.

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