JAKARTA - The federal judge who handled the case of former President of the United States (US) Donald Trump dropped the charges related to the government's covert document case during Trumo's tenure.
As reported by CBS News, Monday, July 15, US District Judge totaling Cannon said in a 93-page order it granted Trump's request to cancel the unlawful funding charges and appointment of special adviser Jack Smith, who filed charges against the former president.
Trump faces 40 charges for handling documents deemed confidential after leaving office and allegedly obstructing the Justice Department's investigation.
The revocation of the case was an amazing weekend for the former president, who was the target of assassination attempts in a general campaign in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
Trump said the bullet hit his ear as he addressed his supporters. The gunman, identified by the FBI as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was killed by the Secret Service.
Trump is ready to officially receive a presidential nomination from Republicans at the party convention in Milwaukee, which starts today.
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Donald Trump and his legal team previously asked federal judges to drop charges based on presidential immunity and constitutionality related to government classified document cases.
The motion of Trump and his lawyers was among the submissions they submitted to US District Judge Total Cannon on Friday, July 5, citing the Supreme Court's decision.
The Supreme Court stated that the former president has the right to immunity from federal demands for official action taken when they occupy the Oval Room.
asked a federal judge to drop the charges based on presidential immunity and constitutionality related to a case of government classified documents.
Trump and his legal team argued that the partial delay was based on the reasons for the high court in the case, which emerged from Trump's demands by Smith in Washington, DC, related to the 2020 elections.
"The settlement of this threshold question is needed to minimize the adverse impact on the presidential institution arising from this unconstitutional investigation and prosecution," said ToddCE's lawyers Emil Bove and Chris Kise in a filing byCBS News, Saturday, July 6.
"Some delays are also the right actions to prevent further exploitation of institutions and judicial resources by the Executive Branch personnel in connection with an embarrassing law enforcement campaign," he said.
Trump asked Cannon in February to drop the charges leveled against him on the grounds that he has the right to the president's immunity.
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