Special counsel moves to abandon Trump criminal case

Special counsel Jack Smith moved to abandon two criminal cases against Donald Trump on Monday, acknowledging that Trump’s return to the White House will preclude attempts to federally prosecute him for retaining classified documents or trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat. Professor Alain Sanders, Attorney, former Time Magazine Senior Reporter and Professor Emeritus of Political Science at St. Peter's University in Jersey City, New Jersey weighs in.