Attorney General Merrick Garland came in with a mission to calm the waters at the Justice Department and restore its reputation for independence after four turbulent years under former President Donal

Walt Nauta, an aide to President Trump, and Carlos de Oliveira, former property manager at Mar-a-Lago, were charged alongside the president in 2023. They all pleaded not guilty.

"Release of Volume II to Congress under the proposed conditions … presents a substantial and unacceptable risk of prejudice to [the remaining co-defendants]," U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon wrote in her order blocking the release of former Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report explaining the now-abandoned classified records retention case against President Donald Trump.

The DOJ on Wednesday moved to dismiss the criminal charges against Trump's co-defendants in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. The post ‘With prejudice’: Trump’s DOJ moves to drop charges against president’s co-defendants in Mar-a-Lago classified documents case first appeared on Law & Crime.

Judge Aileen M. Cannon ruled that special counsel Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed and had no authority to prosecute Donald Trump.

The request offered no explanation for the Justice Department’s decision to abandon the case against the two Trump allies.

Without an explanation, the DOJ asked an appeals court to end its challenge against a prior decision to throw out its prosecution of valet Walt Nauta and property manager Carlos De Oliveira.

Federal prosecutors in Florida moved to dismiss its appeal in the Mar-a-Lago case, pushing to bring an end to the classified documents case. The motion, which comes after the U.S. Attorney’s

President Donald Trump had been charged in the case with crimes related to retaining classified documents and obstructing efforts to recover them.

THE LAW MAKES ILLEGAL REENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES A STATE ... LAST JUNE, A DISTRICT COURT PUT THE LAW ON PAUSE, AND TODAY, THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT UPHELD THAT BLOCK ...

or until the date specified in a Public Notice following a decision from” the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, which was “reviewing a challenge to the new rule.”

Judge Ralph R. Erickson found that GE filed a notice of removal within the proper 30-day window after receiving a complaint from Monsanto, now owned by Bayer.