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Prosecutors move to dismiss Trump’s 2020 election, secret documents cases

US President-elect Donald Trump, who will take office in January, had denounced the case as politically motivated [File: Evan Vucci/AP Photo]

United States special counsel Jack Smith has moved to dismiss two criminal cases accusing President-elect Donald Trump of seeking to overturn his 2020 election defeat and mishandling secret government documents.

In a court filing in the election interference case, prosecutors on Monday cited Trump’s return to the White House after his successful 2024 re-election campaign and a longstanding Department of Justice policy not to prosecute sitting presidents.

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