In a column on MSNBC's website Thursday, former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade suggests that far from “obeying an authoritarian in advance,” special counsel Jack Smith's request to pre-emptively shut down his cases against President-elect Donald Trump was a shrewd move that could ensure their survival in the long run.
According to McQuade, nixing the cases "without prejudice" means that they can be filed against Trump when he eventually leaves office, stops Trump's incoming attorney general from permanently blocking them and lets Smith “explain his reasons for dismissing the case, rather than allowing Trump’s future AG to mischaracterize them."
