Smith said Cannon's reasoning belongs in the Civil War era
Judge Aileen Cannon is more than 150 years out of date in her interpretation of the law, special counsel Jack Smith has told an appellate court.Cannon, a Trump appointee to Florida federal court, dismissed all charges against the former president in his classified documents case after claiming Smith was wrongfully appointed as special counsel.
Smith is a private citizen exercising the full power of a United States Attorney,'' the appellate submission from Smith's office states.'But he is not a private citizen: he is a sworn officer of the Department of Justice. There was a period in American history when 'private citizens' prosecuted some of the most consequential cases of the day, such as the prosecution of Jefferson Davis. But that has not been the practice for more than 150 years,' it states.
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