• Sanctus@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    He’s dropping them now because its the only move that might revive them when Trump is out. If his old ass lives that long.

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      9 days ago

      Could you explain what you mean? Does dropping the case mean they can prosecute him for the same crimes later?

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        9 days ago

        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.