This morning, a judge threw out the classified documents case
against him.
CBS Skyler Henry is in Washington with this new development
in Trump's legal battles.
Incredibly lucky break for the former president.
A Trump appointed federal judge in Florida has dismissed the
classified documents case against the former president.
In a 93 page ruling,
Judge Eileen Cannon granted the defense motion over concerns special
Counsel Jack Smith was illicitly appointed.
She also says there's a problem with how his position
was funded.
She didn't get to that because she said,
well, we're going to dismiss this with respect to the
appointments cause Smith was prosecuting the former president on 37
counts in this case.
Including the willful retention of National Defense secrets in connection
to documents held at his Mar A Lago estate.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas actually brought up the issue
of Smith's appointment in oral arguments for Trump's immunity case.
All of a sudden, he says,
you know, I think maybe we should talk about the
special counsel and how the special counsel was appointed.
Then he mentions it again in a separate opinion on
social media.
Trump wrote dismissal of the Florida documents case should be
the first step and that other cases against him should
be quickly dismissed.
Skylar Henry, CBS News Washington The Justice Department can appeal,
and the case could even potentially land at the Supreme
Court.