But while some Justice Department employees may have breathed a sigh of relief with the abrupt exist of her fellow Floridian, they are still in all likelihood going to have a disruptive force at the top of the agency.

Smith said in his filings that the government stood by the charges but because of the Justice Department's (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel's rule that a sitting president cannot be prosecuted, he had no choice but to drop the charges.