On Monday Special Counsel Jack Smith officially moved to dismiss the January 6 federal case brought against President-elect Donald Trump. The decision was made after he won the 2024 presidential election on November 5.
It's Over: Jack Smith Files Motion to Dismiss Bogus Election Interference Charges Against Trump
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) November 25, 2024
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Many celebrated the move, calling it an end to Democratic lawfare. But others are urging caution and pointing out it's no time for celebration. There's still a need for real accountability.
"I’m as happy as anybody to see some of the lawfare cases against President Trump thrown in the garbage where they should’ve been all along. It’s a good start. But I hope my colleagues on the right aren’t yet ready to shake hands, say ‘good game’ and move on as if this didn’t happen. People’s lives were destroyed over this. Many of my friends (as well as myself) got put through the wringer over outright lies — and I was one of the lucky ones all things considered. Plenty of folks aren’t out of the woods," former Trump White House Senior Communications Advisor Ben Williamson posted on X.
"I don’t know what the path forward will look like, and President Trump will certainly put the main focus unifying people and fixing the hundreds of other problems facing the country, as he should. But there will need to be some accounting for who participated in this BS to make sure it never happens again. I won’t forget," he continued.
Trump senior advisor Dan Scavino, who worked in the first Trump White House and is headed back in January, also weighed in.
Many people’s lives were destroyed over the past 4 years since we walked out of the White House on 1/20/2021. A relentless barrage of knocks on the front door at home—served subpoena, after subpoena, after subpoena, after subpoena…over the past 4 years. I have lots of questions!
— Dan Scavino Jr.🇺🇸🦅 (@DanScavino) November 26, 2024
Others echoed the sentiment.
I'm sorry, but we shouldn't be celebrating the dismissal of the bogus charges against Trump: Special Counsel Jack Smith didn't dismiss them because he wanted to but because he had to and continues to maintain the charges were legit.
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) November 26, 2024
Jack Smith deserves prison time. Barring that, he deserves to spend the rest of his life in another country. It is not possible to share a country with crooks like Smith. https://t.co/pMJTlS4g0t
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) November 26, 2024
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