Federal judge dismisses Jan. 6 case against Trump at request of special counsel Jack Smith
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🗓️ 26 November 2024
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USA TODAY Justice Department Correspondent Bart Jansen looks at what's next for President-elect Donald Trump's legal cases after a judge dismissed his Jan. 6 case.
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| 0:12.7 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson. And today is Tuesday, November 26, 2024. This is the excerpt. |
| 0:25.1 | Today, what's next for Trump's legal cases after a judge dismissed election interference charges? Plus, a closer look at Trump Fox News and some of his |
| 0:30.8 | TV star cabinet picks. And astronomers observe a special baby planet. The federal judge dismissed charges yesterday against |
| 0:39.9 | President-elect Donald Trump for allegedly trying to steal the 2020 election at the request of |
| 0:45.5 | Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith. I caught up with USA Today Justice Department correspondent |
| 0:50.6 | Bart Jansson for a look at what this all means. Hello, Bart. How are you today? |
| 0:55.6 | Hey, how are you? Good, good. Thanks for wrapping on. So just, you know, before we get to this latest from |
| 1:00.0 | Jack Smith, Bart, just refresh us. What had the election interference charges centered on? The allegations were |
| 1:06.1 | four charges that Trump participated in a conspiracy to basically steal the 2020 election that was in fact |
| 1:15.9 | won by President Joe Biden. He was also accused of obstructing Congress when they were counting |
| 1:23.3 | electoral college votes on January 6, 2021 because a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol |
| 1:31.3 | building and temporarily halted that count. So the combination of all of the charges is why people |
| 1:38.7 | refer to it as the January 6th case. But the allegation was a conspiracy to deny the rightful outcome of the election. |
| 1:47.7 | All right, and Bart, a big development this week. What exactly has happened? |
| 1:51.1 | Well, we've been expecting special counsel Jack Smith to wind down the charges in this case |
| 1:58.3 | and in another federal case because with the election of Trump |
| 2:03.2 | winning the latest election on November 5th, longstanding Justice Department policy says |
| 2:10.0 | that they do not prosecute sitting presidents. |
| 2:14.0 | So they hadn't gotten to trial yet. |
| 2:16.6 | He's going to take office on January 20th. And so Justice |
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