The federal classified documents case brought against former President Donald Trump was tossed by Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday, just ahead of the start of the Republican National Convention.
Cannon’s ruling said Jack Smith’s appointment to special counsel was a violation of the Constitution.
“The Superseding Indictment is DISMISSED because Special Counsel Smith’s appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution,” she wrote.
“In the end, it seems the Executive’s growing comfort in appointing ‘regulatory’ special counsels in the more recent era has followed an ad hoc pattern with little judicial scrutiny,” Cannon continued.