The US Justice Department dropped efforts to revive federal charges against Donald Trump’s former co-defendants in the classified documents case, ending the last active part of an unprecedented ...

Trump appointee Aileen Cannon had dismissed the classified documents case against the now-president and two co-defendants. The DOJ under special counsel Jack Smith had appealed. By Jordan Rubin ...

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case, in July, saying that the prosecutor who brought it, special counsel Jack Smith, had been illegally appointed by the Justice Department.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case, in July, saying that the prosecutor who brought it, special counsel Jack Smith, had been illegally appointed by the Justice Department. Smith’s ...