 Judge Cannon found that the AG, Merrick Garland, simply didn't have the authority to appoint a federal officer with the kind of prosecutorial power wielded by Special Counsel Jack Smith. In the documents case, former President Trump was indicted on charges that he willfully retained sensitive national security documents at his estate at Mar-a-Lago down in Florida. After leaving office in 2021, they also accused him of obstructing government efforts to retrieve the material.