Judge rejects case on election subversion against Trump

Declining the election subversion case against Donald Trump, a federal court cited a long-standing Department of Justice regulation prohibiting the prosecution of a sitting president. On Monday, Judge Tanya Chutkan decided to grant Special Counsel Jack Smith's wish to have the case "without prejudice," so allowing it to be reopened following Trump's resignation from office.

After departing the White House, 78-year-old Trump was accused of trying to reverse the results of the 2020 election and mistreating secret records. Smith countered that the Constitution forbids charging a sitting president a crime. Judge Chutkan said in her decision, "the immunity given to a sitting President is temporary, expiring when they leave office."

Additionally dismissed by the special counsel is his appeal of the Trump classified document case. A Florida judge earlier dismissed this case since Smith's appointment as special counsel was illegal. Smith is proceeding with the lawsuit against two co-defendants, though: Carlos De Oliveira, a Mar-a-Lago property manager, and Walt Nauta, a Trump valet.

Declaring the cases as "empty and lawless," Trump said in a Truth Social post that government funds were wasted totaling more than $100 million. He said, "Nothing like this has ever happened in our Country before." The Capitol riot on January 6 delayed the legislative certification of Joe Biden's 2020 victory, therefore accusing Trump of conspiratorial intent to deceive the United States and impede an official proceeding.

Legal challenges against Trump still originate from the states. He was found guilty in May on 34 charges of manipulating business records pertaining to a hush money payment in New York; he is trying to have his sentence reversed. He faces racketeering accusations in Georgia for attempts to undermine the 2020 election, although that case is probably going to stop while he is in office.