Trump wins another major court victory

On Monday, former President Donald J. Trump (R) won a major court victory when federal Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case against President Trump. This is the case over the alleged mishandling of classified information.

Judge Cannon ruled that special counsel Jack Smith was not lawfully appointed.

This was the first time one of his four criminal cases has been dismissed entirely.

"The Superseding Indictment is dismissed because Special Counsel Smith's appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution," Cannon wrote in a 93-page ruling.

The whole raid of Trump's Mar-O-Lago resort has been attacked by conservative supporters of Trump as prosecutorial misconduct. Trump and his supporters have accused the Biden Administration of weaponizing the court system against his political rivals.

The massive court victory follows a shocking turn of events for Trump this summer. He has been steadily rising in the polls, Biden's meltdown at the first of two planned debates was a major political victory. Trump beat Biden so thoroughly in the fir the Supreme Court's ruling affirming Trump's claim of executive immunity from prosecution made all four of the cases against him legally tenuous, and on Saturday he survived an assassination attempt. Trump is leading in the polls in all of the swing states that decide U.S. elections and is within the margin of error in historically Democratic states including: Minnesota, Virginia, Maine, and New Hampshire. Trump's rising popularity tide in the polls has even brought states like New York, New Jesey, and New Mexico into play.

Trump still faces federal prosecution over the events of January 6, 2021 as well as a case in Fulton County, Georgia over alleged election interference. Trump's legal team has asked for both of those cases to be dismissed in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. He has been convicted on 34 counts in New York City over alleged improper payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. The sentencing on that case has been postponed by Judge Juan Merchan until September so that the Judge can consider how the Supreme Court ruling affects the counts against the former President.

The Republican National Convention kicks off in Milwaukee today. Trump still has to name his choice for vice president.

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