NewsVine_Mariyam
Diamond Member
If it had been dismissed WITH prejudice, then no the case cannot be refiled and that would have been the end of everything concerning those particular charges.Smith did request it laffy.
And Chutkan did grant it.
And that does not mean the U.S. can make use of it again by attempting to re-file.
Your ignorance is truly boundless, laffy.
But since the case was dismissed WITHOUT prejudice, that leaves open the door for the prosecutor (or plaintiff in civil cases) to refile the same charges again as long as they are refiled within the statute of limitations.
Apparently this scenario has never presented itself before so there is no precedence for tolling the statute of limitations (pausing them) while Trump is in office which is what is keeping him from being fully prosecuted.