According to CNN, Jack Smith, the US special counsel, said on Monday that he would drop the election subversion case against President-elect Donald Trump and sought to drop it in a court filing with the judge. Trump has said he would fire Smith once he takes office, breaking with previous practice regarding the special counsel's investigation. "The Department of Justice's position is that it is required by the Constitution to drop the case before the defendant is sworn in," Smith wrote in a six-page filing. Smith's criminal pursuit of Trump over the past two years for attempting to subvert the 2020 presidential election and his mishandling of classified documents is a very unique chapter in American history: never before has a former White House owner faced federal criminal charges.