Smith says the attorney general can overturn his decisions, allowing Trump to kill the cases against him if he's elected.
Trump prosecutor Jack Smith has said his role is subservient to the attorney general, bolstering Trump's aim to eliminate all charges against him if elected president.In his latest filing in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, Smith writes that the special counsel is not independent and is 'inferior' to the attorney general, who can remove him or overrule any of his decisions.
In his submission to Judge Aileen Cannon, Meese argued that Smith was illegally appointed as a special counsel in both Trump's classified documents case in Florida and his election fraud case in Washington, D.C.In rejecting this argument, Smith wrote to Cannon that the special counsel is not an independent entity but is an 'inferior officer' under the terms of the U.S. Constitution's appointments clause.
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