The Justice Department has halted its appeal, which was aimed at reinstating the criminal charges against Trump's employees.

Attorney General Merrick Garland had agreed not to make the special counsel's findings public while the Justice Department appealed a judge's dismissal of the case.

Judge Aileen M. Cannon ruled that special counsel Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed and had no authority to prosecute Donald Trump.

The Justice Department has abandoned all criminal proceedings against President Donald Trump’s two co-defendants in the classified documents case against him in Florida, foreclosing the chance the case against them could ever be revived.

Walt Nauta, an aide to President Trump, and Carlos de Oliveira, former property manager at Mar-a-Lago, were charged alongside the president in 2023. They all pleaded not guilty.