Special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday rubbished the latest efforts by former President Donald Trump to have the Jan. 6 prosecution against him dismissed as both “untimely and without merit.”

Earlier this month, Trump’s attorneys ventured forth with a reprise of arguments that secured a dismissal of the Mar-a-Lago documents case over the summer. Namely: the defendant argued the prosecutor in charge of the case was given his authority in violation of the U.S. Constitution’s appointments and appropriations clauses.

Now, the special counsel’s office argues that the retread claim was made far too late — and in violation of binding precedent in the D.C. Circuit.

Smith’s office recites the relevant history — recalling how Trump’s defense team successfully scuppered the state in the case overseen by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon. At the same time, the prosecutor urges U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan not to take the same path.

“In a separate case against the defendant in the Southern District of Florida, he timely filed the very challenge...

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