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

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1. dismissed

   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.

2. dismissed

   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.

3. dismissed

   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.