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mystery-ak:
Jack Smith to resign and wind down cases against Trump before inauguration
By
Annabella Rosciglione
November 13, 2024 7:51 am
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Special counsel Jack Smith plans to finish his work and resign before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

Smith’s goal is not to leave any significant part of his work for others to complete and to get ahead of Trump’s promise to fire him within “two seconds” of being sworn in, according to sources close to Smith who spoke to the New York Times. Smith led two federal investigations against Trump, with one pertaining to his alleged mishandling of classified documents and the other focused on Trump’s efforts to subvert the results of the 2020 election and the subsequent deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

This decision by Smith will make certain that the Department of Justice will follow through on its long-standing tradition of not investigating a sitting president for criminal acts.

It is not clear how quickly he and his team can finish his work on both cases, which makes it uncertain whether the investigations could be made public before President Joe Biden’s administration leaves office in January. Attorney General Merrick Garland has repeatedly implied he intends to release these reports to the public. Smith previously said he needed until Dec. 2 to decide exactly how to wind down both cases.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3228244/jack-smith-to-resign-and-wind-down-cases-against-trump-before-inauguration/

IsailedawayfromFR:
He now better lawyer up as the prosecutor will be prosecuted

GtHawk:

--- Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on November 13, 2024, 02:32:50 pm ---He now better lawyer up as the prosecutorg persecutor will be prosecuted

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Fixed it.

mountaineer:
 Jack Smith has now moved to halt his Florida case against Trump, telling teh 11th circuit to hold his appeal of Judge Cannon's dismissal in abeyance.

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https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1856828414155784383

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