DOJ dropping both criminal federal cases against Trump

The Justice Department is dropping both criminal cases against Donald Trump. Special Counsel Jack Smith is asking to dismiss the 2020 election interference case and the classified documents case. In new court papers, prosecutors cited longstanding Justice Department policy shielding presidents from prosecution while in office. And they’re dropping the cases because the same protections apply to the president-elect. A Trump spokesman called it “a major victory for the rule of law.”