Special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on the Trump Jan. 6 case breaks little new evidentiary ground but suggests plenty of criticism for the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity made Jack Smith's prosecution of Trump much more difficult.
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.
The report calls Trump's claims that the special counsel was influenced by Biden for political reasons "laughable."
The Justice Department now enters a second Trump administration with less authority to pursue a president than it has had in half a century.
The ruling means the volume of Smith’s report on the 2020 election case could be released any time after midnight.
Jack Smith's report says prosecutors could have convicted Trump had his election win not prevented the case from proceeding.