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In a stunning move, former President Donald Trump’s confidential documents case was tossed out by a federal judge in Florida on Monday.
Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case against the presumptive Republican presidential nominee on the grounds that the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith to the case violated the Constitution.
Cannon ruled that Congress was required to appoint “constitutional officers” and the legislature was also needed to approve spending for such a prosecution.
“That role cannot be usurped by the executive branch or diffused elsewhere – whether in this case or in another case, whether in times of heightened national need or not,” Cannon wrote.
Trump, 78, was accused of hoarding troves of confidential documents at his Mar-a-Lago home after he left office and then attempting to cover it up.