Looks Like Trump Got Away With It
SlateThis will be Slate’s final edition of Keeping Up With the Trump Trials. In 2023 Trump racked up over 80 felony charges across four criminal indictments: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s hush money case, Smith’s classified-documents and Jan. 6 cases, and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ election-interference case. The Federal Jan. 6 Case At the end of 2023, Judge Tanya Chutkan paused Jack Smith’s election interference case while the Supreme Court considered Trump’s presidential-immunity appeal—and it remained paused for two months after the court released its decision, while Smith considered how to amend the charges in his indictment. Smith could hand his report to the next attorney general, who would then decide what to do about the special counsel’s open case—and Trump’s next AG would almost certainly choose to dismiss it. Related From Slate The Law Should Have Locked Him Up The Federal Classified-Documents Case Florida-based U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed this case in July, ruling that Smith’s appointment as special counsel was unlawful and that this meant he did not have the authority to prosecute Trump.