The elected President of the United States, Donald Trump, celebrated on Monday that the federal special prosecutor, Jack Smith, dropped the criminal cases against him related to the Capitol riot and the possession of classified documents from the White House.
"It was a political kidnapping, and the fact that something like this could have happened was a low point in our country's history. However, I persevered and, against all odds, I WON," Trump stated in a message posted on his platform, Truth Social, which has been echoed by U.S. media.
Prosecutor Smith requested to dismiss both the case regarding the Capitol assault, which was being processed in the federal court for the District of Columbia, and the one related to the classified documents in a federal court in Florida.
In his writings, the prosecutor claimed that Trump won the elections on November 5 and that the Constitution prohibits the Department of Justice from bringing criminal charges against a sitting president.
However, during the electoral campaign, Trump had already indicated that on his first day as president, he would fire Smith and order the closure of the investigations against him, which he views as a political witch hunt.
Judicial charges against Trump
Smith's decision to discontinue the investigations marks a new victory for Trump, who was facing up to four criminal charges.
In the District of Columbia, he is accused of attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election, which he lost to Joe Biden, and of allegedly inciting the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
On that day, a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in an unsuccessful attempt to disrupt the certification of Biden's victory.
In Florida, Trump was charged with unlawfully taking hundreds of classified documents at the end of his first term and illegally keeping them at his Mar-a-Lago residence.
Both cases faced difficulties since the Supreme Court, with a conservative majority, ruled in July that former presidents enjoy broad judicial immunity.
In May, the Republican made history by becoming the first former president convicted of a criminal offense after being found guilty in a New York state trial for falsifying business records to conceal payments to former porn actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 campaign.
However, Judge Juan Merchan postponed the verdict in that case last Friday, without specifying a new date, which was originally scheduled for November 26.
Trump is also facing a fourth criminal case in a state court in Georgia for election interference in the 2020 elections. However, this case has been mired in controversy due to the romantic relationship between prosecutor Fani Willis and a subordinate.
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