India, Nov. 26 -- On Monday, chief prosecutor Jack Smith filed for four felony counts against President-elect Donald Trump to be dropped in connection with his alleged role in inciting the January 6, 2021, US Capitol insurrection. In response to the legal motion, Tanya Chutkan, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., dismissed all charges against the incoming US president. Addressing the election fraud case development, the American judge wrote: "Government has moved to dismiss the Superseding Indictment without prejudice. Defendant does not oppose the Motion and the court will grant it."

Citing the 2011 case of United States v Florian, she continued, "Dismissal without prejudice is appropriate here. When a prosecutor moves to dismiss an in...