POLITICO Playbook Daily Briefing
Yesterday, special counsel Jack Smith announced that he would move to drop both federal criminal cases against president-elect Donald Trump due to a long-standing DOJ policy against prosecuting a sitting president. Judge Tanya Chutkan too dismissed a pending federal election interference case. Could things pick back up once Trump leaves office? Senior legal reporter Kyle Cheney joins Playbook co-author Eugene Daniels to discuss. Plus, Trump takes to Truth Social to share his proposed tariffs.