Jack Smith’s Accountability Effort Ends With More Freedom for Trump
The Justice Department now enters a second Trump administration with less authority to pursue a president than it has had in half a century.
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Jack Smith defends charging Trump in report on his effort to overturn 2020 election
The Justice Department early Tuesday sent members of Congress a section of special counsel Jack Smith's report summarizing his investigation into President-elect Donald Trump's efforts to maintain ...NBC News - 22h -
Trump: Jack Smith shouldn't be allowed to release report
President-elect Trump said Sunday that former special counsel Jack Smith shouldn’t be allowed to “issue a ‘report’ on a complete and total Witch Hunt against me.” "Why would Deranged Jack Smith be ...The Hill - 2d -
Jack Smith, Who Led Prosecutions of Trump, Resigns
Mr. Smith, a special counsel appointed by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, had signaled that he would step down before Donald J. Trump’s inauguration.The New York Times - 3d -
'Unprecedented criminal effort': What Trump's lawyers say is in Jack Smith's report
Filings by Donald Trump's lawyers suggest that Jack Smith's final report on his two probes could contain details that are potentially damaging to the president-elect.ABC News - 6d -
Judge Cannon Blocks Release of Jack Smith’s Report on Trump Documents Investigation
Judge Aileen M. Cannon, a Trump appointee who had dismissed the documents case in its entirety, temporarily barred the Justice Department from releasing Jack Smith’s account of his investigation.The New York Times - Jan. 7 -
Trump seeks to block 'imminent' release of special counsel Jack Smith's report
Trump’s lawyers said they reviewed a two-volume draft copy of Smith’s report at the special counsel’s office in Washington, D.C. over the weekend.NBC News - Jan. 7 -
Inside Trump legal team's effort to block Jack Smith report
Attorneys for President-elect Donald Trump are trying to stop the release of special counsel Jack Smith's report on two dismissed criminal cases against Trump. CBS News political reporter Olivia ...CBS News - Jan. 7 -
Trump asks Garland to block Jack Smith from releasing final report
President-elect Trump and his two co-defendants in the classified documents case are working to block special counsel Jack Smith from releasing his final report that would review the documents as ...The Hill - Jan. 7 -
Will Trump be able to block the release of Jack Smith’s report
President-elect Donald Trump is looking to block the release of a final report by special counsel Jack Smith in the Florida classified documents case. NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard and Danny Cevallos ...NBC News - Jan. 7 -
Trump looks to block release of special counsel Jack Smith's report
President-elect Donald Trump’s legal team is urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to stop special counsel Jack Smith from releasing his findings in the election interference and classified ...NBC News - Jan. 7
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