Speaker Johnson reacts to classified documents case against Donald Trump being thrown out

Speaker Mike Johnson said it was a ‘great relief’ and a ‘great day for justice’ after Judge Aileen Cannon tossed out the federal classified documents case against former President Donald Trump.

‘I think it’s a great result, it’s a great relief to us,’ Speaker Mike Johnson told DailyMail.com exclusively in his first on-camera interview after the decision which came down on day one of the Republican National Convention. 

Special Counsel Jack Smith was ‘beyond the bounds of what you should be doing,’ said Johnson, ‘so I'm grateful that Judge Cannon recognized that. We’ll see what effect this has on the other cases, but it’s certainly a great day for justice.’

And after the attempted assassination of Trump on Saturday, Johnson said that God had given Trump a chance to unify the country.

‘He sees the divine hand of providence involved in that and I do, as well all of us do. He also sees — and he's saying this in his own words — that God has given him a chance … to unify our country. And I think he can be a unifying figure.’

Johnson predicted Republicans would now win the White House, House and Senate.

‘We're looking forward to this result of this election outcome where we have unified government meaning we have the Republican Party in charge of the White House and both houses of Congress, but it can also be a unifying moment for the country.’

Johnson promised aggressive oversight in Congress to get to the bottom of the momentous security breach at a Butler, Pa. Trump rally.

‘Within hours of the event. I had Secretary Mayorkas on the telephone Department of Homeland Security asking him some very pointed questions. He did not have all the answers at that moment,’ Johnson went on.

‘Our responsibility in Congress is oversight. We're very aggressively pursuing that right now. And you'll see a lot of developments of that over the coming weeks.’

In a dramatic and controversial move on Monday, federal Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the classified documents case against Donald Trump in a bombshell ruling.

The move comes on the first day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where thousands of Republicans are gathering to officially nominate Trump for president. 

The former president was accused of taking highly sensitive national security documents to Mar-a-Lago when he left the White House. The FBI agents seized a trove of material during a search in August 2022.

Judge Cannon threw the case out based on 'violations' of the Constitution’s Appointments Clause and Appropriations Clause.

It comes just two days after the former president narrowly avoided an assassination attempt with a bullet grazing his ear at a rally in Butler, PA on Saturday evening. Blood could be seen pouring from the side of his head as he was rushed from the stage.

The shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks was shot and killed by a counter sniper seconds after the shots rang out. 

The FBI is leading the investigation into how the shooter was able get so close, just 130 yards away, from where a former president and presumptive presidential nominee was speaking.

Republicans in Congress have launched an investigation into the 'security failures' that led to a horrific assassination attempt.

They say a frightening lapse meant that a gunman was able to get so close to Trump and unleash a barrage of bullets that hit his ear and killed an attendee in the rally crowd.

Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, who sits on the House Appropriations Committee, also reacted exclusively to the Trump classified documents case being tossed.

'I think the judge absolutely made the right decision here, 100 percent' she told DailyMail.com at the Republican National Convention. 

'As an appropriator in Congress, it certainly is a violation of the appropriations clause...and it's a true victory for justice for [Trump].'

Hinson added: 'I think we've all seen the political prosecutions play out over this country and we Americans know exactly what we're seeing happen.'

She predicts the Supreme Court's landmark presidential immunity decision earlier this month will lead to even more cases against the former president getting tossed. 

Democrats - on the other hand - weren't so pleased with the outcome. 

'This breathtakingly misguided ruling flies in the face of long-accepted practice and repetitive judicial precedence,' he said Monday. 

'It is wrong on the law and must be appealed immediately. This is further evidence that Judge Cannon cannot handle this case impartially and must be reassigned.'