 A spokesman for special counsel Jack Smith says the Justice Department has authorized an appeal of Florida Judge Eileen Cannon's order to dismiss the case. It would go to the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit based in Atlanta and could ultimately reach the Supreme Court. In dismissing the case, Judge Cannon, who was named to the bench by Trump, said that Smith's appointment by Attorney General Merrick Garland violated the Constitution. She ruled that only Congress or the president can appoint a special counsel.