Shan Wu is a former federal prosecutor who served as counsel to Attorney General Janet Reno

Judge Aileen Cannon seems to have found a perfect way to help former President Trump celebrate the first day of the Republican National Convention. In a decision that reads like it was written by a first-year law student, Cannon gifted Trump the dismissal of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution against him for mishandling national security information and classified document.

The timing of the decision which concludes that Jack Smith was unconstitutionally appointed and improperly funded allows Trump to brag about her decision on the same day he formally receives the Republican nomination.

Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, Trump promptly displayed the same level of legal analysis as Cannon by posting on Truth Social that Cannon’s decision should be a “first step, followed quickly by the dismissal of ALL the Witch Hunts – The January 6th Hoax in Washington, D.C., the Manhattan D.A.’s Zombie Case, the New York A.G. Scam, Fake Claims about a woman I never met…and the Georgia “Perfect”Phone Call charges.”

Trump’s assertions ignore the fact that four of the cases he wants dismissed—including the cases in which he was found liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll and then defaming her by claiming she lied despite the judicial finding that he committed sexual assault—have nothing to do with special counsels.

Cannon’s sense of timing is about more than just coinciding with Trump’s anointment at the Republican Convention. She has put together a perfect string of delaying actions since the very origin of Jack Smith’s case, starting with her bizarre idea to appoint a special master to review any documents in the case. That idea was struck down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit with a tone that some legal observers called a........

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