Staff Reports
The political theater surrounding Donald Trump just took a dramatic turn, but who could have guessed? After years of relentless federal probes led by the zealously hunting Special Counsel Jack Smith—whose dedication would make even a bloodhound blush—it’s now suddenly convenient for the Department of Justice to contemplate wrapping up those pesky criminal cases against the president-elect. This shift comes hot on the heels of Tuesday’s decisive election results, as if the DOJ had a magic eight ball that finally read “Outlook Good.”
In a surprising twist of fate, the DOJ finds itself mulling the dismissal of charges against Trump, thanks to an age-old policy that dictates the impossibility of indicting a sitting president based on the oh-so-serious notion of separating powers. After all, accountability might interfere with Trump’s new job, and heaven forbid anyone consider something as boring as the Constitution.
JUST IN: The Department of Justice and Jack Smith immediately end their cases against Donald Trump.
The DOJ cited their policy that presidents can't be prosecuted however。 pic.twitter.com/EZEfk6qiGP— WN Resouces (@wnresources) November 7, 2024
What was once a dogged pursuit of criminal charges has now transformed into an exercise of tying things off neatly. Senior officials in the DOJ are now discussing how best to “wind down” the investigations against Trump. Presumably, they were sipping coffee and reflecting on their careers—wishing this could have happened before they turned federal courtroom drama into their full-time job. Meanwhile, Special Counsel Smith was hustling to drive the cases toward a courtroom showdown, only to have his plans derailed by a combination of Supreme Court rulings and pre-trial motions. Talk about an unexpected plot twist.
With Trump’s recent electoral victory casting a long shadow over the DOJ’s previous ambitions, decision-makers are realizing that pushing for criminal charges would yield nothing but bad press and public backlash. Echos of a 2000 DOJ memo from the Watergate era, suggesting that impeachment is the only way to deal with a sitting president, have resonated louder now than a New Year’s Eve countdown. It seems the DPI (Department of Politically Inconvenient Investigations) has no choice but to reevaluate its fervent desire for accountability, as the walls seem to have boxed them in from behind.
Calls for the immediate end to the supposed weaponization of the justice system are ringing from the Trump camp like a church bell at Sunday service. Trump’s spokesperson has made it abundantly clear that the American people’s vote symbolizes a powerful mandate for the “Make America Great Again” agenda, and they’re in no mood for legal obstacles. Meanwhile, former Attorney General Bill Barr is advocating for the prosecutors to toss the cases out. He argues that the public’s decision at the ballot box should take precedence over whatever episode of legal drama was scripted by those in power.
And so, the popcorn stands at the DOJ are likely still stocked high, as everyone can’t help but wonder how this will play out next. With the political landscape transformed, it’s evident that the nation is more interested in unity and moving forward than in rehashing a courtroom saga. The next few steps for Special Counsel Smith and his wise band of legal eagles will dictate whether they’re boldly going where no indictment has gone before or retreating to the shadows of their earlier ambitions. Either way, the American people are keen to see how this chapter concludes, preferably without any encore presentations.
