President-elect Donald Trump faced four felony charges in connection with his efforts to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss, which culminated in the U.S. Capitol attack.
Because this is federal the chain of command goes from Jack Smith through one or a few other people before landing on Trump (once he takes office). Trump can simply order people down the line to dismiss the charges with prejudice, making it so they can never be re-filed again. If the charges are just dropped at this point, he’d have to order them to be re-charged then dismiss. Which honestly, I don’t see him suffering any backlash at all if he did. His supporters are fucking stupid and fucking crazy.
Could you explain what you mean? Does dropping the case mean they can prosecute him for the same crimes later?
They’re not dropping charges but rather prosecution iirc.
Ah ok, I see what you mean. Thank you
Make sure to parrot this everywhere. There is a lot of misunderstanding going on right now.
Because this is federal the chain of command goes from Jack Smith through one or a few other people before landing on Trump (once he takes office). Trump can simply order people down the line to dismiss the charges with prejudice, making it so they can never be re-filed again. If the charges are just dropped at this point, he’d have to order them to be re-charged then dismiss. Which honestly, I don’t see him suffering any backlash at all if he did. His supporters are fucking stupid and fucking crazy.
Much appreciated