Jack Smith, the DOJ prosecutor, faced criticism for his rush to indict Trump before the 2024 election, allegedly violating guidelines. Despite efforts, Trump was not tried before being re-elected president.
There turns out to be a notable exception to President Biden’s stunning package of pardons on his way out of office — Special Counsel Jack Smith, the man who more than any other has roused President Trump’s ire over the last year.
Trump has frequently mused about seeking revenge on prosecutors like special counsel Jack Smith, who led the two federal criminal cases against Trump, and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who brought the New York hush money case that ended in Trump’s conviction.
On Monday, the federal judge presiding over the classified documents case in Florida allowed the Justice Department to release part of Smith’s final report. According to court filings, the report is a detailed review of the decisions Smith made in his two indictments against Trump.
Fox & Friends were quick to dismiss a just-released report from Special Counsel Jack Smith on Trump's election interference investigation. The post Fox & Friends Immediately Dismiss Jack Smith Report on Trump’s Election Interference: ‘Nothing More Than a Prosecution On Paper’ first appeared on Mediaite.
Trump’s re-election in 2024 prevented his conviction for crimes tied to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, argues special counsel Jack Smith’s report.
The so-called documents case refers to Smith's probe into whether Trump left the White House in 2021 with classified documents.
This is a pop-up edition of Slate’s Keeping Up With the Trump Trials. You can read our old coverage of Trump’s legal entanglements here. Right as Donald Trump is preparing to take the oath of office to become the 47 th president of the United States,
Special counsel Jack Smith, a Central New York native, said his team “stood up for the rule of law” as it investigated President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election,
While President Joe Biden issued many pardons before leaving office, he did not pardon various individuals Trump has blasted who were connected to cases against the Republican figure.
The evidence wJack Smith’s 137-page report, released overnight less than one week before Trump will be sworn in for a second term as president, is a full-throated justification of his investigation and defense against his myriad critics.
Jack Smith wrote that Donald Trump would have been convicted had the case been allowed to proceed and explained why he didn’t pursue charges of incitement of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.