A federal appeals court on Thursday set the timeline for the Justice Department's efforts to revive the classified documents case against Donald Trump.

In a remarkable win for Donald Trump, Judge Aileen M. Cannon dismissed the case on grounds that special counsel Jack Smith was improperly appointed.

Judge Aileen Cannon has dismissed the classified documents case against Donald Trump. Cannon said the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith violated the Constitution.

U.S. prosecutors formally appealed on Wednesday a federal judge's decision to throw out the criminal case brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith accusing Donald Trump of illegally holding on to classified documents following the end of his presidency.

The recent prosecution of President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, was also backed by a special counsel, a role providing greater independence from Justice Department oversight. Hunter Biden was convicted of lying about drug use when he purchased a gun.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon ruled that special counsel Jack Smith was unconstitutionally appointed. She wrote that everything that followed his "defective appointment" — including the 40-count indictment against Trump — were unlawful exercises of executive power and "must be unwound."

Special counsel Jack Smith's opening brief appealing the dismissal of former President Trump's classified documents case is due on Aug. 27, the appeals court said.

A US circuit court on Thursday released a schedule for the appeal of a federal judge's dismissal of the criminal case charging former president Donald Trump with mishandling top secret documents.Special Counsel Jack Smith,

A federal judge in Florida refused to toss out Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against ABC News over comments that anchor George Stephanopoulos made during a contentious This Week interview with Rep.