Mr. Trump has declared on Truth Social that Mr. Smith “should be prosecuted for election interference & prosecutorial misconduct.” The president has also called him a “career criminal.” He also reposted the radio host Mark Levin’s view that “Jack Smith must go to prison.”

Democrats want Merrick Garland to drop the case against Trump’s former co-defendants. Garland’s refusal to do so could help the president-elect.

The special counsel explained in his report on the federal election interference case why he didn’t seek to bring charges under the Insurrection Act.

Jack Smith's report says prosecutors could have convicted Trump had his election win not prevented the case from proceeding.

Trump allegedly tried to keep Mike Pence mentally isolated and said people would "hate his guts" if he certified Biden's 2020 win.

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Jack Smith held on to hope that he would be the one to finally hold Donald Trump to account for his assaults on the rule of law and American democracy. Bringing his experience prosecuting war criminals at the Hague to the Department of Justice,

Special Counsel Jack Smith wrote in his report that he stands fully behind his decision to bring criminal charges against President-elect Donald Trump.

That’s the message special counsel Jack Smith delivered in his final report, which laid out evidence Smith said would have resulted in Trump’s conviction at trial. Trump is only off the hook, the special counsel wrote, because he won back the White House in 2024, forcing the Justice Department to shut down the historic prosecution.

The special counsel Jack Smith’s report reveals a perfect storm of systemic failure. The Supreme Court’s expansion of presidential immunity and outdated Justice Department policies have made overwhelming evidence irrelevant — because the accused regained power.

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The Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity made Jack Smith's prosecution of Trump much more difficult.