Flotsam and Jetsam - Jack Smith Drops J6 Case Against Trump, For Now

Finally accepting the impossibility of trying a case against the President of the United States, Jack Smith threw in the towel and asked Judge Shitcan to dismiss the cases against Donald Trump, "without prejudice," meaning he could, in theory, revive the cases after Trump leaves office in 4 years. Shitcan readily agreed. NYSun, Jack Smith, in Stunning Conclusion to January 6 Capitol Riot Case Against Trump, Files Motion To Dismiss. Althouse, Jack Smith moves to dismiss the January 6th case against Trump., "The NYT reports:" Sundance at CTH, Jack Smith Files Motion to Dismiss Case Against President Donald Trump. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Breaking: Jack Smith Moves to Dismiss Trump Indictments. TNP, Jack Smith Moves to Dismiss $50M DOJ Cases Against Trump. At Da Signal, Jack Smith Drops Trump Election Case. At JTN, Nick Ballasy reports Special counsel Jack Smith files to drop Jan. 6 charges against Donald Trump and Misty Severi at JTN follows up with Judge tosses Trump election interference case after special counsel's request, "Chutkan agreed to dismiss the case, but did so in a way that allowed the charges to return after the former president leaves the Oval Office at the conclusion of his term." Ryan King at NYPo, Judge dismisses Jan. 6 case against Trump as prez-elect calls prosecution ‘political hijacking’: ‘Low point in the History of our Country.’ Sunny@sunnyright, "The Department of Justice has concluded that prosecuting a president-elect is unconstitutional." From Ace, Trump's DC "Election Interference" Case Dismissed, "This judge needs a few years of Congressional and FBI investigation. She ruled against Trump on every single point. Now she dismisses the case only because Jack Smith requests it. And he's only requesting it because DOJ policy says you can't prosecute a sitting president." Stephen Kruiser at PJM, Jack Smith's Pathetic Jihad Comes to a Fitting, Inglorious End.  From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.25.24, American Greatness: Jack Smith Files to Drop Both Felony Cases Against Trump, Dana Loesch: Trump’s Cabinet Draft Is Almost Complete, Jack Smith Moves To Dismiss Election Case In DC, The Federalist, Jack Smith’s End Of Lawfare Charges Against Trump Proves It Was A Political Witch Hunt. The Divine Ms. Devine at NYPo, Tragic Ashli Babbitt and the buried Jan. 6 truth.

Josh Hammer at Da Signal, Jack Smith, Democrat-Lawfare Complex Hit Man. Don't leave out Merrick Garland. Tom Elliott@tomselliott "Flashback: Dems have been fantasizing about indicting/imprisoning Trump for 7 years straight." Video at link. Brianna Lyman at Da Fed, Jack Smith’s End Of Lawfare Charges Against Trump Proves It Was A Political Witch Hunt. At WaEx, Trump ‘to fire entire Jack Smith team and use DOJ to investigate 2020 election’. Ace, Missouri AG Senator Eric Schmitt: Fire All DOJ Officials Who Had Any Role in Trump's Prosecutions. "Fired? Like, from a cannon?" OTP, Smith’s Entire Legal Team Set To Resign Before Trump Takes Office, but will any try to go back to their day jobs at the DOJ and FBI?  

Jonathan Turley, Congress’s Jan. 6 Investigation Looks Less and Less Credible. 'Bonchie' at RedState, Adam Schiff Copes and Seethes After Jack Smith Drops Trump Charges, but There's More to His Crying. Twitchy, LOL - SHE'S GONNA BLOW! JoJoFromJerz Is NOT Dealing Well with Jack Smith Dismissing ALL Trump Charges.

It’s Official: Trump Now Has Hottest Cabinet Of All Time https://t.co/8RLmUPCtFx pic.twitter.com/6fREMTo2I9

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) November 25, 2024

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.25.24, Dana Loesch, Trump’s Cabinet Draft Is Almost Complete,  The Federalist, America’s Foreign Policy Blob Smears Tulsi Gabbard For Critiquing Its Failed Overseas Interventionism, Sundance at CTH watches Sunday Talks – Kash Patel Discusses Sunlight as the Best Disinfectant and Bureaucrats in HHS System Uncooperative with RFK Jr Transition Efforts. From Breitbart, Duckworth: Tulsi Gabbard Is ‘Compromised’ — ‘She Will Not Have America’s Best Interests at Heart’. Da Signal thinks This Trump Pick Can Silently Strangle the Deep State, Russ Vought at OMB. NYPo reports Pete Hegseth lawyer demands release of file on sex assault claim that may indicate accuser made ‘similar false allegation’ against another man. Capt. Ed hears Trump Readying EO to Discharge All Transgender Troops?  Matt Margolis thinks Trump's Plan to Make the Military Great Again Is Going to Cause Fireworks  Fox11, Rufo set to pitch Trump team on plan to dismantle DEI at US universities. At the TN Star, Sen. Bill Hagerty: Cabinet Nominees to Focus on ‘Executing’ Trump Agenda to Fulfill Voter Mandate, Face Consequences for Failures. Stephen Kruiser at PJM thinks Trump Ruined the Good Vibes With a Couple of Horrible Nominations, bones thrown. JTN, At least two Democratic senators are prepared to support and work with Trump Cabinet nominations. 

At NewsMax, Haughty Pols May Crave Sanctuary as Tom Homan Takes Names. Ace, Border Czar Nominee Tom Homan: "Resistance" Governors and Mayors Who Block Deportation Efforts Will Be Prosecuted for Harboring Illegal Aliens, "Homan sees this issue with the proper amount of nuance, which is nearly none at all." At WokeSpy, Rand Paul Warns Denver Mayor: Defying Trump’s Deportation Efforts Is “A Form of Insurrection.” From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.25.24, Louder With Crowder, Woke mayor pledges to go to jail if it means protecting illegals from mass deportation. John Sexton at Hat Hair, Illegal Immigrant Accused of Rape in Fairfax County Days After Being Released for Another Crime. At the Center Square, Missouri congressional delegation demands answers about Venezuelan crime. John Kass, Democrats: No Closure, No Justice for Laken Riley.

At PJM Scott Pinsker fears The Looming MAGA War Between JD Vance and Ron DeSantis: The First Move Is Coming. I can live with either, or both, for that matter. 

Mary Chastain at LI reports Trump Vows 25% Tariffs on Goods From Mexico, Canada Over Border Crisis "Trump also plans on an additional 10% tariff on China." Sundance reports President Trump Announces 25 Percent Tariff on all Mexican and Canadian Imports, Effective January 20th – Until Border is Secure and President Trump Announces Additional Impact Fee Tariff of 10% Against China for Failure to Stop Illegal Fentanyl Production and Shipments.

From the Pop Times, Michigan Senate Committee Passes Bill to Bolster Penalties for Election “Misinformation”. Tom Knighton at TAW says About those election integrity laws....

At Hat Hair John Sexton cites Nate Cohn: The Democratic Party is in Trouble. Athan Koutsiouroumbas @Athan_K "According to an Inquirer analysis of election results, Democrats performed worse in 649 of the 688 majority-Black precincts in Philadelphia while Trump grew his share of votes in 635 majority-Black precincts as compared with 2020. (1/2)" Philly Inquirer, Support for Trump grew in majority-Black precincts in Philadelphia. Matt Palumbo at Bongino calls it Big League: Here’s How Many Votes Trump Gained in Every State. Dave Strom at Hat Hair, They Like Him, They Really, Really Like Him.  At TownHall 'Becca Downs hears Scott Jennings Offer Some Advice Following That CBS News Poll Showing Good News for Trump and Sarah Arnold hears a Top Democrat Leader Obliterates The View’s Reasoning for Why Trump Won. From Da Fetched, Adam Schiff Blames Entire Democrat Party, Including Himself, For Trump Victory. From Spiked, The rage of the entitled overclass. "The elites won’t take Trump’s victory lying down."

Becca Downs at TownHall says Biden Pardoned His Last Pair of Turkeys as President. It Went As You'd Expect. Youtube. OTP, Dropped Out, Forced Out? Biden Now Says He Was ‘Fired’ and Team Biden Conspired To Destroy Third Party ‘No Labels’ Effort: Lawsuits.  Althouse, "These operatives had the gall to say they were fighting to protect our democracy. In reality, they undermined it at every turn...". From Twitchy, Biden’s Trump Inauguration Day Confirmation Fuels ‘Best Buds’ Conspiracy Theory. At RedState Rusty Weiss would like you to WATCH: Carville Goes Nuclear on Kamala’s Progressive Staffers – 'I’d Fire Them, Then Fire Who Hired Them'.  Matt Vespa, Brian Williams Told the Truth About the Dems, and It Will Make Libs Uncomfortable "“I think it’s insulting when members of the working class — which the Democratic Party has lost entirely in our lifetimes — to insist the economy’s doing great,” adding that a 12-pack of Bounty paper towels now runs consumers about forty bucks." 

Mary Chastain at LI, Should Kamala Harris Run For President Again in 2028? (Reader Poll) “The natural thing to do would be to set up some type of entity that would give her the opportunity to travel and give speeches and preserve her political relationships.” Capt. Ed, Are You Ready For ... Kamala 2028? Althouse smirks at "There will be a desire to hear her voice, and there won’t be a vacuum for long." Said "a person close to Harris," quoted in "Harris is telling her advisers and allies to keep her political options open/She could run again for president — or California governor" (Politico). "Of all things about Kamala Harris that people might eventually come to miss, I would think "her voice" would rank low. When I think of her voice, I think of this:" Leah Barkoukis at TownHall, Here's the Question That Caused KJP to Abruptly End the Press Briefing, “I’m just curious, from an optics perspective -- the vice president left town to go to Hawaii on vacation. Does the president think that’s appropriate when so many DNC staffers are literally wondering what they’re going to do for work next?”

ET, Mortgage Rates Ticking Up to 7 Percent, "Housing production slowed down last month amid elevated rates." VodkaPundit at PJM, Amish Volunteers Built 100+ 'Tiny Homes' for Hurricane Victims but Guess What Happened Next... FEMA tossed people out of the houses because of "code." Thanks. Brandon!

Dave Strom wonders Will Elon Musk Buy MSNBC? Is it worth anything? Pop Times, Fired: Joe Rogan Wants Rachel Maddow’s Job if Elon Musk Buys MSNBC. It would be a step down. Teri Christoph at RedState says WATCH Axios Founder Melt Like Wicked Witch of the West Over Elon's Five-Word Description of the Media. Dave Strom, Axios CEO Beclowns Himself Defending Journalisming. Insty, HE’S RIGHT: To be “the media,” you have to reprint press releases from Democratic operatives without question. Scott Johnson at Power Line wonders Who will guard NewsGuard? 

Ben Bartee at PJM, MSNBC News Actor, Race Scholar ‘Confront the First Amendment’s Dark History’. John Sexton finds a Study that shows DEI Training Created Perceptions of Prejudice 'Where None Was Present'. At Reality's Last Stand, Why Was This Groundbreaking Study on DEI Silenced? "Two leading media organizations abruptly shelved coverage of a groundbreaking study that went against their narrative." Ace, Shock Study: DEI Training Teaches People to Find Racism Where There Is None, Increases Hostility Between the Races, "In other words, it's working precisely as it's intended to." Driscoll at Insty has NEWS YOU CAN USE FROM AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD "How to Talk to Your Racist MAGA Uncle This Thanksgiving (Video):"

John Sexton, Missouri Judge Upholds Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors. A Hat Hair video with Michele Tafoya, Lifelong Dem: 'I’m a Gay Guy Who’s Left the Left'. Driscoll at Insty, DISPATCHES FROM THE INTERSECTION OF THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE AND THE DEATH OF THE GROWN-UP: Shabbos Kestenbaum@ShabbosK "Your daily reminder that Harvard DEI had a Queer Muslim activist bring Sunshine the Puppet to console grieving students on campus the day after Donald Trump was elected President. Read that sentence again. DEFUND HARVARD NOW." At PJM, Rabbi Clay Barclay, Harvard Again Shows Its True Colors. The Martin Center is Against Post-Election Infantilizing. "Faculty should be role models for our students, not nannies, guidance counselors, or co-mourners." Victory Girls, Dem Tim “Sarah” McBride and the Trans Taliban. 

I forgot to send my Rule 5s to the Wombat this week, but he still posted Rule 5 Sunday: Cheerful Bikini and FMJRA 2.0: Roster Like A Hole anyway.