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Government Corruption
Special prosecutor who tried to put Trump on trial resigns from Justice Department
2025-01-12
[IsraelTimes] Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the US Justice Department after submitting his investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump, an expected move that comes amid legal wrangling over how much of that document can be made public in the days ahead.

The department discloses Smith’s departure in a court filing, saying he had resigned one day earlier. The resignation, 10 days before Trump is inaugurated, follows the conclusion of two unsuccessful criminal prosecutions against Trump that were withdrawn following Trump’s White House win in November.

Smith’s departure is another marker of the collapse of the criminal cases against Trump, which could end without any legal consequences for the incoming president and sparked a backlash that helped fuel his political comeback.

Trump, who has frequently called Smith “deranged,” had said he would fire him immediately upon taking office on Jan. 20, and has suggested that he may pursue retribution against Smith and others who investigated him once he returns to office.

At issue now is the fate of a two-volume report that Smith and his team had prepared about their twin investigations into Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of his 2020 election and his hoarding of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

The Justice Department had been expected to make the document public in the final days of the Biden administration, but the Trump-appointed judge who presided over the classified documents case granted a defense request to at least temporarily halt its release. Two of Trump’s co-defendants in that case, Trump valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira, had argued that the release of the report would be unfairly prejudicial, an argument that the Trump legal team joined in.
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Posted by:trailing wife

#6  ^ ^ ^ ^
I'd be interested in reading the Fiction.
As it quotes backstabber & sources names, that need to be watched and or indited.

Plus, it lets the public see the steps the DC Swamp, Democrats, RINO's all took to commit treason, to protect their $$$$ making turf and power.
Posted by: NN2N1   2025-01-12 14:51  

#5  What won't government hacks do to protect their magic paychecks?
Posted by: no mo uro   2025-01-12 13:15  

#4  ^ Smith was illegally put in Special Prosecutor position, his political crap report should be buried and he should have to reimburse the taxpayers for all expenses paid
Posted by: Frank G   2025-01-12 11:23  

#3  Jack used public funds to generate the report, therefore by law, the document is in the public domain.

Mwaning it has to be released in full for any americans to read.
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance   2025-01-12 11:04  

#2  Let’s see if Smith gets the full Hunter blanket that covers a decade. Hillary will need a lot of decades covered.
Posted by: Super Hose   2025-01-12 07:57  

#1  
Will Biden puppet masters have babbling Biden pardon Jack Smith also?

Posted by: NN2N1   2025-01-12 05:02  

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