A huge decision by this district judge, something we have not ever seen before. And we will have much more on this breaking news. Thank you to you, kaitlin for bringing us that lastminute breaking on the edge news. Thank you so much for joining us. There ll be much more this decision by judge cannon. And of course, the republican national convention is going to be getting underway just in a bit here to cnn newsroom up next good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. I m jim acosta. We are following breaking news at this hour. This just came in a few moments ago the job judge in the classified documents case down in florida, judge aileen cannon, she is dismissed the trump classified documents case because the special counsel prosecution is in violation of the appointments clause of the constitution. Of course, the special counsel in the case may appeal this case. So the saga may not be over yet, but that breaking news just coming into us right now at cnn, let me go to cnn s kaitlan
The faulkner focus has an interview with president trump airing now. Harris: it is a good day to be former president donald trump. Judge cannon has thrown out his classified documents case and says the appointment of special counsel jack smith was unlawful. This legal victory bolstering trump on a day when he is resetting his way forward on the road to the white house. He survived that assassination attempt on his life on saturday. Arrived here in milwaukee, wisconsin for the start of the republican national convention. They are set to gavel in here moments away. You may hear a band playing behind me. There is a lot going on where i am live. It all kicks off officially two hours from now. Former president trump is here winning in life and now in court. His message will be to stand united after surviving the first attempt to kill a united states president in decades. I m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus live from the rnc. Secret service director released a statement ahe
Vu co. We have lot of breaking news coming in this hour. We will keep you updated on the latest but for now republican national convention, we are here. It is officially underway here in milwaukee. This is where tracking presidential race has seen a dramatic shift in the past 72 hours. No one could have predicted it. First, former president trump, he is expected to announce vice presidential pick at any moment. We have been waiting we will bring you the clues and vowed to find out who will join the ticket. We have been asking that question so long today is a day. Also breaking a judge tossed out former president trump s classified documents case ruling special counsel jack smith should never have been appointed. We have a live report coming up. The unprecedented backdrop for all of this. The assassination attempt on former president trump. New developments on the investigation and what the shooter was doing hours before he climbed on top of the building and fire at. This is outnumbered
Completely dismissed. Bill. Dana: what s interesting is that you said 93page ruling. I m curious why it would take so many pages because she is not ruling on the merits of the case. She is ruling that the special counsel should never have been appointed and i wonder about the how it will reverberate throughout the department of justice. Does that mean that other situations like this would also be dismissed? it s a great question. We re waiting to see some clarity from d. O. J. On page two of 93 it says the appointments clause sets as a default rule that all officers of the united states whether inferior or principle must be appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate. Jack smith was not confirmed by the senate. I assume we ll hear an argument from doj that past special counsels john durham, robert mueller to name a few in recent memory also were not confirmed that way and allowed to continue their work. That s what we re probably going to hear from d. O. J. But a major, majo
Get down, get down, get down. The advance was an absolute disaster. Could not have been worse. Rookie mistakes made. It happened so quick. Three shots. There were 20 secret service agents running around like chickens with their head cut off. Direct line of sight like that to the former president should not occur. We will h have a fullscale committee hearing that will hopefully deliver some answers that every american has about what went wrong. We been working on the rnc security plan for over a year and having in constant conversation with our partners. We have covered clancy and air and it s important to reassure the public that we take this very seriously. Watch as this area but the entire city. Sandra: like a fire hose, the news is coming out fast. A busy afternoon and now we are awaiting key live events. First up and expected vp announcement from former president donald trump. We are told to expect that this hour. The first briefing from the white house since the attempted assassin