The Justice Department moved to drop its appeal of a federal court order dismissing the criminal charges against President Donald Trump's former co-defendants in the classified documents case, which would effectively end the case.

The action was the latest effort to turn the table on criminal investigations that for years shadowed Trump, resulting in separate indictments that never went to trial and were ultimately abandoned.Vi

More than a dozen officials who worked on the criminal investigations into Donald Trump have been fired, according to sources familiar with the matter.