Subj : Re: Documents Case Tossed
To   : Alan Ianson
From : halian
Date : Sat Jul 20 2024 06:14:46

 AI> >> >>In any case it is an embarrassment that a federal judge in the USA wo
 AI> >> pull >> such a stunt.
 AI> 
 AI> >> > Toss a case because the special council was not properly appointed?
 AI> 
 AI> >> That is not what happened.
 AI> 
 AI> > Federal judge dismisses Trump classified documents case over concerns wi
 AI> > prosecutor's appointment
 AI> 
 AI> >SOURCE:  The Associated Press https://apnews.com/article/trump-classified
 AI> > ents-smith-c66d5ffb7ba86c1b991f95e89bdeba0c
 AI> 
 AI> [...]
 AI> 
 AI> That is not what happened.

Pull your head out of the sand and read the order. On the very first page, it reads in part:

> The Superseding Indictment is *DISMISSED* because Special Counsel Smith's
> appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the Untied States
> Constitution. U.S. Const., Art. II, [Sec.] 2, cl. 2.  Special Counsel
> Smith's use of a permanent indefinite appropriation also violates the
> Appropriations Clause, U.S. Const., Art. I, [Sec.] 9, cl. 7, but the Court
> need not address the proper remedy for that funding violation given the
> dismissal on Appointments Clause grounds.

(source: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24807236-trump-classified-documents-cas
e-dismissed, linked to in above-mentioned AP article; can't type the section symbol)

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