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Special counsel Jack Smith faced further accusations of political lawfare online after he filed to dismiss the cases against President-elect Donald Trump on Monday. Less than three weeks after Trump bested Vice President Kamala Harris, Smith filed a motion to end the cases centered on Trump's actions leading up to and on Jan. 6, 2021, and Trump's handling of classified documents. Politicians and lawyers alike responded to the filing Monday on X. "This lawfare was always unprecedented," Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) wrote. "This lawfare was always wrong. This lawfare was always politically-motivated. And this lawfare MUST NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN." "All that has changed is that Trump won the election And now Jack Smith is moving to dismiss," Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) wrote. "Isn’t that tantamount to an admission that this was just politicized lawfare from the beginning?" "The Jack Smith cases will be remembered as a dark chapter of weaponization," Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) wrote. "They never should have been brought. Our elections are decided by voters--not by fanatical, deranged liberal lawyers like Jack Smith." "[Retweet] if you think it's time to fire Jack Smith," Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) wrote. "Jack Smith-your losing joke of an indictment didn’t have a chance in hell to begin with as SCOTUS made clear," former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner wrote. "Your motion to dismiss is long over due. I hope you’re investigated until the end of time when AG @PamBondi takes over. Thankful to the voter mandating lawfare end!" "It was all a political witch hunt to interfere with our elections!!" Libs of TikTok wrote of the dismissal. "Jack Smith failed miserably, but did grave damage to our justice system and sought to sabotage our election system," Fox Business host Mark Levin wrote. "He should have to answer for it. Alvin Bragg hangs on as we sit around and await conflicted rogue judge, Juan Merchan, to get off his a** and dismiss the outrageous case in New York." "Will Jack Smith reimburse taxpayers for the millions wasted on this bogus witch hunt he just dropped?" Trump lawyer Alina Habba wrote. "Asking for America." "This is a MASSIVE WIN for the rule of law," Trump's campaign wrote. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Smith attempted to speed up his cases against Trump and go to trial before this month’s election. These cases, even though the alleged crimes occurred before Trump announced his 2024 campaign, were not brought until afterward. Additionally, Trump has yet to be sentenced for his criminal fraud conviction in New York . In May, the soon-to-be president was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records.MONUMENT – With the stroke of his pen, Court Towns secured his college football future, continued a pipeline from Palmer Ridge to Air Force and saved his mother the concern of updating the main colors in her wardrobe. “It’s a great color, blue, isn’t it?” Towns said Wednesday at a signing ceremony in his high school’s auditorium, located two exits to the north on I-25 where the 6-foot-4, 300-pound center will play for a Falcons athletic department with which his mother, Jen Block, is a leading figure. Block, a 1992 graduate and volleyball standout at Air Force who retired as a Col., is now the executive director of athletic programs at the academy. She is the senior government official in the athletic department. Her husband, Denny Towns, is a retired Lt. Col. in the Air Force. “My husband and I are so grateful, so proud of him,” Block said. “He had a lot of options, but he chose to go to Air Force, to play at Air Force, to serve our country.” Block had a brief peak at what an alternative might look like last month when daughter Olivia faced Air Force as a member of UCCS’s women’s basketball team. Block joked that she tried to wear neutral colors for that contest. No such conflict will arise in football after Court opted for Air Force over offers that included Navy. “I don’t have to buy any new colors,” Block said. “It’s going to be so easy to cheer for him.” Towns will enter the academy via the prep school, leaving just one year where he will overlap with another Palmer Ridge graduate on the offensive line – Alec Falk, who broke into the starting lineup this past year at left guard. Former Air Force quarterback Isaiah Sanders also came through Palmer Ridge’s program, which is where longtime Falcons coach Troy Calhoun’s son, Tyler, played. “I think he translates very well,” said Palmer Ridge coach Zach Carlton, who has served as head coach for the past two years but has been with the program since 2015. “He fits the mold for what they’re looking for at the academy — super hard-working kid, disciplined kid, obviously the grades are there. “He’s a super-high football IQ kid, so whatever they throw at him he’s going to figure out, too.” Palmer Ridge runs a ground-based offense, which Towns believes will help prepare him for an Air Force attack that generally ranks among the nation’s top-five rushing offenses. Towns said he understood the circumstances — inexperience and injuries — that led Air Force to a 1-7 start this season, but he was also energized by the team’s four-game winning streak to close the year while averaging more than 300 rushing yards per game during the finishing flurry. “That’s Diesel football,” Towns said, referring to the collective nickname for the Falcons’ offensive line. “That’s Air Force football. That was fun to watch.” With inside information as to what to expect from all angles at the academy, Towns said his lone cause for concern is living up to a standard those around him will expect. “The only thing I’d be nervous about is I’d let down my teammates,” said Towns, who helped the Bears to a 45-6 record over the past four years. “So I just have to keep on pushing myself and make sure that I give my everything so I don’t disappoint my coaches or my teammates.” This attitude is why his mother, who is constantly in close contact with cadet-athletes in her role in addition to once being one herself, sees this as a mutually beneficial match. “I don’t know if it’s because he’s an O-linemen or just who he is, but he’s never concerned about getting the credit or wanting to be in the limelight,” Block said. “He just wants to be a team player and get the job done. That’s Air Force football, so I think he’s going to fit in perfectly with the culture.”