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US special counsel appeals dismissal of Trump’s secret documents case

Donald Trump had welcomed the case's dismissal and called for other criminal indictments against him to also be dropped [File: Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters]

United States Special Counsel Jack Smith has appealed a judge’s decision to throw out a criminal case that accuses former President Donald Trump of mishandling secret government documents.

Smith filed the appeal on Wednesday with the Atlanta-based 11th US Court of Appeals, just days after US District Judge Aileen Cannon threw out the case in a major victory for the ex-president and 2024 Republican presidential nominee.

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