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Special counsel Jack Smith expected to wind down Trump prosecutions: Sources

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Special counsel Jack Smith is in active talks with senior leadership at the Justice Department evaluating ways he can end his prosecutions of President-elect Donald Trump .

The decision is based on longstanding Department of Justice policy that a sitting president cannot face criminal prosecution while in office.

It is unclear as of today how Smith ’s prosecutors will approach dismissing both the federal election subversion case in Washington , D.C. , and their ongoing appeal of the dismissal of the classified documents case.

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