Trump’s Florida case stunningly dismissed after judge finds appointment of special counsel Jack Smith violated the Constitution

( NYPost )

In a stunning move, former President Donald Trump’s confidential documents case was tossed out by a federal judge in Florida on Monday.

Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case against the presumptive Republican presidential nominee on the grounds that the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith to the case violated the Constitution.

Cannon ruled that Congress was required to appoint “constitutional officers” and the legislature was also needed to approve spending for such a prosecution.

“That role cannot be usurped by the executive branch or diffused elsewhere – whether in this case or in another case, whether in times of heightened national need or not,” Cannon wrote.

Trump, 78, was accused of hoarding troves of confidential documents at his Mar-a-Lago home after he left office and then attempting to cover it up.

In a remarkable coincidence just hours before the ruling, Trump told The Post’s Michael Goodwin that “we hear” that President Biden and the Justice Department — rather than the judge — would be dropping the case and additional federal charges related to the 2020 election after the failed assassination attempt against him on Saturday.

The Department of Justice and lawyers for Trump both did not immediately return requests for comment Monday.