Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked a federal appeals court to reinstate former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case, after it was dismissed last month.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case in July, claiming Smith’s appointment violated the Appointments clause of the Constitution, and that Smith had no authority to prosecute the case.
The appeal was filed in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where prosecutors claimed the ruling was “at odds with widespread and longstanding appointment practices in the Department of Justice and across the government,” according to the Associated Press.
It is not clear how long it will take for the appeals court to make its decision, but even if it does reauthorize the case, the trial would not place before the November general election. […]
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