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In the United States, a special counsel (formerly called special prosecutor or independent counsel) is a lawyer appointed to investigate, and potentially prosecute, a particular case of suspected wrongdoing for which a conflict of interest exists for the usual prosecuting authority. Other jurisdictions have similar systems.
The classified documents case was dismissed by judge Aileen Cannon in July 2024, on the grounds that Smith was unlawfully appointed as special counsel. [2] Smith's office initially appealed the ruling, but ultimately abandoned the appeal after Trump won the 2024 US presidential election . [ 4 ]
Statements from Trump and the White House suggested he had been dismissed to ease the "pressure" on Trump due to the Russia investigation. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] [ 47 ] Later that month he arranged for a friend to tell the press about a memo he had written after a February 14 private meeting with the president.
Attorneys for President-elect Donald Trump and his allies have unleashed a legal blitz this week to prevent the release of special counsel Jack Smith's final report on his classified documents and ...
There are three vacancies on the U.S. courts of appeals and 38 vacancies on the U.S. district courts, [2] [3] as well as eight announced vacancies that may occur before the end of Trump's term (one for the courts of appeals and seven for district courts). [Note 1] [4] Trump has not made any recess appointments to the federal courts.
Having laid out the evidence against the president-elect in exhaustive detail, much of which has been previously established, the special counsel states flatly that only Trump’s victory over ...
Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland said he appointed a special counsel because Trump and Biden have both indicated they intend to seek another term as president. Garland appointed Smith on Nov. 18.
Special Counsel – Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (four-year term of office) 93 United States Attorneys (one in each federal judicial district, except that one U.S. Attorney serves for both the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands; four-year terms of office) [6]