Special counsel Jack Smith has stepped down from the Justice Department after completing two criminal investigations involving President-elect Donald Trump. Smith's departure was revealed in a court filing, where the Justice Department is urging a judge to lift a temporary block on the release of his final report. Attorney General Merrick Garland plans to release publicly only the portion of the report concerning Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The other volume, focusing on Trump's handling of classified documents, will be shown to select members of Congress.
Special counsel Jack Smith has concluded his work on two criminal investigations involving President-elect Donald Trump and stepped down from the Justice Department on Friday.Word of Smith’s departure came in a footnote to a court filing Justice Department officials submitted to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon Saturday afternoon, urging her not to extend a court order she issued last week temporarily blocking the release of the final report Smith submitted to department leaders on Tuesday.
Garland has said he plans to release publicly only the portion of Smith’s report that covers his investigation into Trump’s effort to subvert the 2020 election.
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