Legal Opinion
Legal Eagle, LLC v. Department of Justice
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 6, 2026No. Civil Action No. 2024-3316Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LEGAL EAGLE, LLC, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 24-cv-3316 (CRC) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER In November 2022, then-United States Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith as Special Counsel and tasked him with overseeing two ongoing criminal investigations into former President Donald Trump. Smith’s work continued for roughly two years and resulted in several indictments. But after Trump was reelected in November 2024, it was reported that Smith would begin to wind down his criminal cases…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Marc Truitt v. Department of StateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
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