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Hello everybody. I'm John Fawcett with this Great America show Midday Update for Monday,

November 25th. Special Counsel Junkyard Jackal, Jack Smith,

has filed the motion to drop all federal charges against President-elect Donald Trump

regarding his, quote, mishandling of classified documents and his, quote, efforts to overturn

his 2020 presidential election, of course, in the lead-up, to the events of

January 6th, we'll call them. We don't call it an insurrection here on the show. We just call

it January 6th. Trump, of course, was first indicted back in June of 2023 in a federal court in

Miami on 37 felony counts related to mishandling classified documents and that he took from the White House to his Florida home.

They included willful retention of national defense information, making false statements, and conspiring to obstruct justice.

Of course, Judge Eileen Cannon down in Florida dismissed that case, but Smith's office, of course, filed an appeal.

Trump was separately indicted on four felonies in August of 23 for his attempt to, quote,

reverse the 2020 election results, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct

an official proceeding, obstruction and an attempt to obstruct an official proceeding,

and conspiracy against

rights. This case was, of course, put on hold for months, as Trump's team argued that the case

should be thrown out for multiple reasons, including that a former president cannot be

prosecuted for his actions as office. Now, that was President Trump challenging the 2020

election. I'm not entirely sure why he would have been tried for that or brought any charges in the first place.

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