US special counsel Jack Smith filed an official notice of appeal on Wednesday in the case regarding classified documents retained by former president Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida after he left the White House. On Monday, federal judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, dismissed that case, citing doubts about the legality of the US Justice Department’s appointment of Smith. In a statement, Smith wrote: “The dismissal of the case deviates from the uniform conclusion of all previous courts to have considered the issue that the Attorney General is statutorily authorized to a…