The special counsel's report concludes the criminal investigation that brought charges against a former president for the first time.

The first part of former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on his now-closed investigations into President-elect Trump was released Tuesday, days before he will be sworn into office.

In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, the Justice Department posted online a grim PDF with a title that defies all marketing advice: “Final Report of the Special Counsel Under 28 C.F.R. § 600.8.” In clipped,

The country knew what Jack Smith was trying to accomplish, and a winning margin of the voters put an end to it on Election Day.

A former war crimes prosecutor, Smith was appointed in November 2022 – nearly two years after the US Capitol attack.

In a last rebuke to the former president he investigated for two years, special counsel Jack Smith denounced Donald Trump for levying "laughable" attacks on the DOJ.

Smith's report provides new details about election-interference charges against Trump, says he believes election victory saved him from conviction.

Attorney General Merrick Garland has said that the classified documents section of the two-volume report should not be made public at the moment because an appeal in that proceeding remains active as to Trump’s two co-defendants in the case and that any release of new information could be prejudicial to them.

Judge Aileen Cannon may not be inclined to allow the Justice Department to share special counsel Jack Smith's report on the classified documents case with Congress — at least for now.

The now former special counsel said Trump would have been convicted for his alleged effort to overturn the 2020 election result if he hadn't been elected president

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