"Case Closed: Justice Ends Probe Into Trump's Mar-a-Lago Classified Documents"

 An Atlanta appeals court on Tuesday granted special prosecutor Jack Smith's request to dismiss the case against President-elect Donald Trump over the mishandling of classified documents at his Florida residence.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals made the ruling after Smith on Monday asked for the dismissal of that case and another involving Trump's alleged attempt to interfere with the results of the 2020 election, the latter of which was accepted that same day by a federal court.

In a brief statement, the federal appeals court announced that it "grants" Smith's request to dismiss the case against the former president (2017-2021) for the retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, his residence and social club in Palm Beach.

Today's decision, however, does not include the other two defendants in this complaint: Waltine Nauta and Carlos de Oliveira, Trump's personal assistant and property manager in Florida, respectively.

The special prosecutor's team had filed an indictment against the Republican for illegal retention of confidential documents at Mar-a-Lago after leaving the White House in 2021, as well as for obstruction.

Smith asked on Monday to dismiss both cases after arguing that Trump won the elections on November 5 and that Department of Justice (DOJ) regulations prevent him from prosecuting a president who is in office.

In response, yesterday the federal judge of the District of Columbia Tanya Chutkan closed the case against the president-elect for electoral interference and the assault on the Capitol in 2021, to which today the decision of the Court of Appeals of the Eleventh District, based in Atlanta, has been added.

Smith's team had faced many difficulties to advance in both cases since the Supreme Court, with a conservative majority, ruled in July that former presidents of the country enjoy broad judicial immunity.

Smith's withdrawal represents a new judicial victory for Trump, who had accumulated up to four criminal charges.

"It was a political kidnapping and that something like that could have happened was a low point in the history of our country. However, I persevered and, against all odds, I WON," said the Republican on Monday upon learning of Smith's decision.

Trump had already said during the campaign that on his first day in office he would fire Smith and order prosecutors to close the cases against him that he says were motivated by political persecution.