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 Office in the state assigned a new prosecutor to the case, still needs to be approved by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
But doing so signals an end to an appeal ignited by former special counsel Jack Smith, as he fought a lower court ruling from Judge Aileen Cannon finding he was unlawfully appointed.
The move is more broadly set to unwind charges against President Trump’s two co-defendants in the case, who the Biden administration still wished to prosecute if Cannon’s order was reversed.
By moving to dismiss the appeal with prejudice, prosecutors would be barred from relaunching any similar efforts in the future.
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