America, in a Final Defeat for Jack Smith, Moves To Dismiss Mar-a-Lago Charges Against Trump’s Employees

Could the dropping of charges clear the way for the release of the special counsel’s report on the prosecution?

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Special Counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on August 1, 2023 at Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The United States’s motion to dismiss the classified documents charges against President Trump’s two erstwhile employees and co-defendants — Waltine Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira — marks the denouement of what some once reckoned was the strongest criminal case against President Trump on account of the evidence found at Mar-a-Lago. It is a final defeat for Special Counsel Jack Smith.

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