A federal judge on Monday granted special counsel Jack Smith's request to drop all felony charges against President-elect Donald Trump in connection to his role in seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

US Judge Chutkan has dismissed the case wanting to hold Trump accountable for attempts to overturn 2020 election results.

A judge on Monday granted a request by prosecutors to dismiss the election subversion case against Donald Trump because of a Justice Department policy of not prosecuting a sitting president.Smith cited the long-standing Justice Department policy of not indicting or prosecuting a sitting president in his motions to have the cases dismissed.

A U.S. District Court judge dismissed the federal election subversion case against President-elect Donald Trump Monday, after Special Counsel Jack Smith moved to dismiss it earlier in the day.

Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday said that he is dropping his election subversion case against President-elect Donald Trump. Smith filed a motion to drop all four felony charges against Trump in connection with his efforts to overturn his 2020 presidential election and his alleged role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The order puts an end to the federal effort to hold Trump criminally responsible for his attempts to hold onto power after losing the 2020 election.

The decision to end the case over Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 electoral defeat comes as a major win for the president-elect ahead of his second term.

The only question is whether the January 6 and classified-documents cases can be revived after Trump leaves office a second time.

Special counsel Jack Smith has filed a motion to drop his election subversion case and his classified documents case against President-elect Donald Trump, CNN first reported Monday.