Trump's 2020 election interference case dismissed following Jack Smith request

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1. factdismissed

   The federal election case containing the fake-elector allegation was dismissed without prejudice in November 2024 because Justice Department policy barred prosecution of the president-elect as he returned to office, not because a judge or jury rejected the charged facts.

   Reason and without-prejudice form of the November 2024 dismissal

   Federal fake-elector allegation ended without a verdict after reelection · Federal charge dismissed without prejudice in 2024; no merits verdict on Trump's count. · reviewed 2026-09-03

2. factdismissed

   Trump's federal election-obstruction prosecution was dismissed without prejudice in November 2024 at the special counsel's request after his reelection, under Justice Department policy against prosecuting a sitting president; the dismissal did not produce a merits ruling on the Senate's documented Clark episode.

   Dismissal without prejudice and sitting-president-policy basis

   DOJ pressure finding survived as congressional evidence after the federal case ended without trial · Congressional finding stands; federal Trump prosecution dismissed without prejudice under DOJ policy. · reviewed 2026-09-03

3. factdismissed

   The federal case alleging pressure on Mike Pence was dismissed without prejudice after Trump's reelection because of the Justice Department's sitting-president policy; no judge or jury reached a merits verdict on the conduct documented by the January 6 committee.

   November 2024 procedural dismissal and absence of a merits trial

   Pence pressure finding was never tried after the federal case was dismissed under presidency policy · Congressional finding stands; related federal charge dismissed without prejudice before trial. · reviewed 2026-09-03