Trump Rips DOJ Indictments As ‘Empty And Lawless’ As Cases Dropped | EUROtoday

President-elect Donald Trump tore into the felony prison circumstances that had been filed in opposition to him by particular counsel Jack Smith, calling them “empty and lawless,” after Smith requested to drop the circumstances Monday as a result of Trump quickly taking workplace.

In a two-part submit on Truth Social, Trump slammed the indictments in opposition to him associated to his dealing with of categorised paperwork and the 2020 election’s certification as a waste of taxpayers’ cash.

“These cases, like all of the other cases I have been forced to go through, are empty and lawless, and should never have been brought. Over $100 Million Dollars of Taxpayer Dollars has been wasted in the Democrat Party’s fight against their Political Opponent, ME,” he wrote.

“It was a political hijacking, and a low point in the History of our Country that such a thing could have happened, and yet, I persevered, against all odds, and WON,” he continued.

A Trump spokesperson additionally individually hailed the Justice Department’s determination as a “major victory for the rule of law.”

“The American People and President Trump want an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and we look forward to uniting our country,” Trump’s communications director, Steven Cheung, mentioned in a press release.

Smith didn’t conclude that Trump is harmless of the costs in opposition to him as his cause for requesting the 2 circumstances to be dismissed. Instead, he cited the Justice Department’s long-standing coverage to not prosecute a sitting president, which Trump will probably be following his inauguration in January, as his cause for requesting the indictments be dropped.

Smith mentioned his division consulted with its Office of Legal Counsel earlier than coming to its determination and that regardless of the dismissal, the federal authorities continues to face “fully behind” the deserves of its unique prosecution in opposition to Trump.

“The government’s position on the merits of the defendant’s prosecution has not changed,” he mentioned. “But the circumstances have.”

Both circumstances have been requested to be dismissed “without prejudice,” which means that the costs might be refiled in opposition to Trump as soon as he leaves workplace.