Jack Smith drops his federal cases against Trump. Experts react

Special counsel Jack Smith is dropping the federal election subversion and mishandling of classified documents cases against President-elect Donald Trump, seeking the cases’ dismissals in court filings. Catch up on CNN’s coverage:

0:00 CNN’s Paula Reid reports on Jack Smith dropping all the federal cases against Trump. Former Republican US Representative and January 6 Select Committee member Adam Kinzinger and ex-Trump Organization lawyer William Brennan join CNN’s Erica Hill and share their reactions.

9:42 CNN’s Evan Perez reports on federal judge Tanya Chutkan granting dismissal of the Trump election subversion case. A panel of experts join CNN’s Alex Marquardt to discuss.

20:39 A panel of legal experts join CNN’s Alex Marquardt for analysis and share their reactions.

28:09 Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb, CNN Senior Political Commentator Scott Jennings, and former Democratic US representative Mondaire Jones join CNN’s Erin Burnett to weigh in.

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[davidtomasello]

MSNBC, ABC, NBC, CNN, CBS and The View Thank you for campaigning for Mr. Trump We really couldn't have done it without you !

[GoUSA]

"Hunter's Laptop is Russian misinformation." CNN EXPERTS...😂😂

[LubeGehrig]

The funniest headlines from CNN is when they include the word experts.

[logoutandrew]

but CNN, you said that all these lawsuits would end up with Trump in jail. What happened?

[charlesmaury]

All these so called educated people on the news do they know how foolish they look now what a joke

[DavidJ]

Fun fact, Jack Smith is officially a laughing stock like Fanny Willis

[DavidJ]

Jack Smith's winless record is intact 😂😂😂

[KingPaimon]

This witch hunt was dead in the water to begin with

[GoUSA]

"We got him this time!!" Wokeys for the past 9 years.😂Another attempt bites the dust. 😂😂

[martinblake]

LMAO! That's what you get for lying all these years. People have had enough!

[davemitchell]

So much for all the 34 felonies comments I'm really sorry for your loss.

[ndzi_karl]

JACK SMITH PRESERVE ALL THE DOCUMENTS, PACK YOUR BAG AND CLEAR YOUR CALENDAR...ITS GAME TIME... AG PAM BONDI WILL BE IN TOWN

[delbertgrady]

Oh boy, it's going to be a long 4 years for all these goons. Time to pay the piper

[pjtrant]

Total waste of tax payer money. Should have been done years ago. Thanks Merritt Garland.

[balakay]

Nah they dropped the case because it was bogus to begin with... YOU HAD 4 YEARS you clearly didnt have anything

[kahanakahuna]

Jack Smith is face-down on the canvass. Lights out. The winner, by knockout, and still 3-time, undefeated, World Champion.... There's too much winning!!!!

[jasminecain]

these cases should've never been brought. It galvanized his party and came across as political to many independents. Looking back huge mistake

[Folkboat]

CNN... Well it looks like we were wrong once again.

[davemitchell]

How about putting looney Lz Cheney on.

[MarkDouglass-dtky]

Kinzinger is reported to have balled his eyes out for 3 days post election.