A judge granted Special Counsel Jack Smith's request Monday to drop all charges against President-elect Trump in the federal case over his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Why it matters: Smith has already taken steps to wind down the two federal cases against Trump that he's overseeing after the president-elect became the first convicted felon to win the White House.

Hours after Jack Smith threw in the towel on prosecuting Donald Trump’s federal election interference case in Washington, a judge agreed Monday. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan granted Smith’s motion to dismiss the Jan.

Former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade broke down why Jack Smith would preemptively “pull the plug” on the Jan. 6 election interference and classified documents cases against returning President-elect Donald Trump,

Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday filed a motion to dismiss President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 criminal indictment for allegedly defrauding the United States, conspiring to obstruct Congress when it met to certify the results of the 2020 election,

Special counsel Jack Smith's move to dismiss Donald Trump's 2020 election interference and classified documents case earlier this week — to Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) — proves that the prosecutions were "just politicized lawfare" against the president-elect all along.

President-elect Donald Trump saw another case against him dropped as special counsel Jack Smith continues winding up his legal efforts.