It has been noted that the special counsel Jack Smith is apparently losing his patience in his case against former President Donald Trump regarding the classified documents that were found at his Mar-a-Lago estate via Western Journal.
It has come to light that Smith is reportedly considering “pushing the nuclear button” in taking U.S. District Court Judge Aileen M. Cannon off of the case which she currently presides over, per NBC News.
A court filing from this week noted that the special counsel legal team questioned Cannon’s willingness to consider a push from Trump’s legal counsel to dismiss the case.
It has been noted that the former president’s legal team argued that the DOJ has no right to turn the issue of presidential records into a criminal case.
Cannon went on to dismiss that on Thursday, refusing to issue a separate court order on the issue. In the three-page ruling, she left arguments for Trump to continue questioning the validity of the case open but ultimately denied it for the moment.
The decision comes as both good and bad for both sides of the case.
For Smith, the judge denying the possibility of the case being dismissed is undeniably a positive as the legal prosecution of Trump will continue.
However, it is unfortunate that it also undermines the court filing that was done in an attempt to get Cannon removed from the case, ultimately making it nearly impossible for the special counsels’ legal team to remove the judge.
For Trump, getting his argument to dismiss the case denied is undoubtedly a negative as a dismissal would be fantastic for him but keeping Cannon — a judge described as “MAGA-friendly” by The Daily Beast — on the case will likely help him in the future.
