Appeals Court Agrees to End the Trump Classified Documents Case

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has granted special counsel Jack Smith’s request to dismiss part of an appeal in his classified documents case against President-elect Donald Trump. Smith had sought an appeal of Florida Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision in July to dismiss his prosecution. Judge Cannon argued that his appointment as special counsel violated multiple provisions of the Constitution. Smith is still pursuing an appeal as it relates to two other defendants in that case, which the appeals court allowed in an order on Nov. 26. “Appellant’s motion to dismiss the appeal as to Donald J. Trump only is granted,” an order from the court reads....