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A judge Monday dismissed the charges against Donald Trump related to the Jan. 6 riots after Special Counsel Jack Smith threw in the towel — with the president-elect bashing the case as solely “political hijacking.”

Presiding US District Judge Tanya Chutkan ?of Washington, DC, granted? Smith’s motion filed ?earlier Monday seeking to dismiss the charges? based on Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election and? the precedent against indicting a sitting US president?.

Smith?’s team ?also separately moved ?Monday to end its appeal of a Florida judge’s decision nixing Smith’s classified document case against Trump — once considered one of the strongest in a slew of legal indictments against the Republican.

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