'Political prosecutions': Republican AGs demand end to 'lawfare' prosecutions of President-elect Trump

"The cases brought against President Trump, particularly the criminal prosecutions, had nothing to do with crime," Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird told Fox News Digital in an interview this week.

"They had everything to do with the fact that he was running for president again. He is innocent. He didn't do anything wrong, and those cases never should have been brought in the first place. That was another way they were trying to wage campaign lawfare."

Bird, alongside more than 20 other attorneys general, sent a letter to Special Counsel Jack Smith, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, calling on them to drop their cases to avoid the risk of a "constitutional crisis."

"Mr. Smith, a federal court has already dismissed your claims in one case due to your improper appointment," the AGs wrote in the letter. "That appointment flouts both the Appointments Clause and Article II of the U.S. Constitution. Not only that, your prosecutions of President Trump-President Biden and Vice President Harris's political rival-violated multiple Department of Justice policies."

"President of the United States is the most important job in the world," they wrote. "The President leads the free world. And America just gave President Trump a mandate to lead the United States to a brighter future. Prosecutions aimed at "self-promotion" are at no time appropriate."

Trump was indicted on 37 federal counts in June 2023 on charges stemming from Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation into the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. He pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Trump pleaded not guilty to all counts.

In early 2023, Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee dismissed six of the charges against Trump, saying that District Attorney Fani Willis had failed to allege sufficient detail. The situation was then thrown into disarray when it was revealed that Willis had reportedly had an "improper affair" with Nathan Wade, a prosecutor she had hired to help bring the case against Trump. Wade was later removed.

Fox News Digital's Haley Chi-Sing and Emma Colton contributed to this report.