Amy Davidson Sorkin on Judge Aileen Cannon’s dismissal of the classified-document charges against Donald Trump, and her antagonism toward Special Counsel Jack Smith.
“Mr. Smith is a private citizen exercising the full power of a United States Attorney, and with very little oversight or supervision,” Cannon wrote. And Cannon wants him to stop—right now. Trump, who came close to being killed in an assassination attempt two days earlier, was glad to hear it. On Truth Social, he wrote that “this dismissal of the Lawless Indictment in Florida should be just the first step, followed quickly by the dismissal of ALL the Witch Hunts.
He warns of Presidents able to create an “army” of illegitimate officers. Thomas’s warnings about special counsels as tools of what he calls a “monarchial” President are a bad fit with the immunity decision he signed on to, with its gift of Presidential impunity. It’s also at odds with Smith’s task. At the same time, the legal status of special counsels could be a lot clearer than it is. Thomas is not the only Justice who has expressed reservations about the special-counsel system.
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