This aims to elicit a response though. She can’t just ignore motions.
There are about 8 of them sitting in front of her that she’s ignored so far.
She also can’t outright dismiss the case anyway without making an appeal guaranteed,
Once the jury is seated, her dismissing the case would be unappealable. That’s why she’s waiting until the jury is seated to rule on some motions. That way, no matter what people may think of it, Trump still gets to walk.
at which point she’d be releasing whatever protective control she holds over the case.
And the case would be dead.
This is a federal case, you can’t just make it “go away”. DJ would also not be attached if no other court has touched it.
Double jeopardy is attached as soon as the jury is seated and the trial begins. At that point, all the defense needs to do is to file some frivilous motion over virtually anything and request the charges be dismissed. If she grants it, there’s nothing Smith would be able to do about it.