Special Counsel Jack Smith concludes in his final report that Donald Trump engaged in a criminal effort to overturn the 2020 election results. Though the case is effectively closed due to Trump's election victory, Smith maintains the evidence would have supported a conviction.
Special counsel Jack Smith concluded in his final report on the 2020 election case that Donald Trump engaged in an unprecedented criminal effort to unlawfully retain power after his defeat. The report, released by the U.S. Justice Department, details Smith's decision to bring a four-count indictment against Trump, accusing him of conspiring to obstruct the collection and certification of votes.
Smith expresses confidence that the evidence would have been sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial, had Trump not won the 2024 election. Smith's report highlights Trump's repeated and demonstrably false claims of voter fraud, which he used as a weapon to undermine the democratic process. It details how Trump's own vice-president, Mike Pence, along with other high-ranking administration officials and state officials, repeatedly refuted his claims. Despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary, Trump persisted in his allegations, culminating in the January 6th, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters. The report reveals new details, such as the consideration of charging Trump with inciting the Capitol riot under the Insurrection Act. Ultimately, prosecutors decided against this charge due to legal risks and insufficient evidence demonstrating Trump's intent for the full scope of violence during the riot. The indictment against Trump focused on conspiring to obstruct the election certification, defrauding the United States of accurate election results, and depriving U.S. voters of their voting rights. While the report states that charges may have been justified against some co-conspirators, it does not reach final conclusions on their culpability.
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