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Jack Smith, in final report, says voters saved Trump from being convicted

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The DOJ has released Volume One of special counsel Jack Smith's final report, detailing his election interference investigation into Donald Trump.

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  1. ABC 7 New York

    Jack Smith, in final report, says voters saved Trump from being convicted (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    The DOJ has released Volume One of special counsel Jack Smith's final report, detailing his election interference investigation into Donald Trump.

  2. CNN

    Special counsel report condemns Trump’s ‘criminal efforts to retain power’ in 2020 (opens CNN)

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    Attorney General Merrick Garland has publicly released special counsel Jack Smith’s report on his investigation into Donald Trump and efforts to overturn the 2020 election, detailing the president-elect’s “criminal efforts to retain power” and projecting confidence in the investigation.

  3. Fox32 Chicago

    Special Counsel's final report on Trump's presidential election interference case released (opens Fox32 Chicago)

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    In a highly anticipated report released Tuesday, Special counsel Jack Smith asserted that his team "stood up for the rule of law" during its investigation into President-elect Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election results.

  4. KTVZ Bend

    Takeaways from special counsel Jack Smith’s report on January 6 and Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Dan Berman, Marshall Cohen, Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The evidence was there to convict Donald Trump. That’s the simple and powerful conclusion from former special counsel Jack Smith in his final report on Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election culminating …

  5. Portland Press Herald

    Trump would have been convicted in election case, special counsel claims in report (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    The report by Jack Smith serves as the final public record of a historic Justice Department prosecution that never made it to trial, with the federal government abandoning the case in November after Donald Trump won the election.

  6. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Special Counsel: Trump would have been convicted in election case | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    Jack Smith, the special counsel who indicted President-elect Donald Trump on charges of seeking to cling to power after losing the 2020 election, said in a final report released early Tuesday that he believed the evidence was sufficient to convict Trump in a trial if his success in the 2024 election…

  7. CNN

    READ: Jack Smith’s report on Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election (opens CNN)

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    The Department of Justice early Tuesday released special counsel Jack Smith’s report on his investigation into Donald Trump and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

  8. Hot Air

  9. New York Post

    Constitutional lawyer and former federal prosecutor torches Jack Smith report on Trump: ‘Nothing more than a prosecution on paper’ (opens New York Post)

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    Special counsel Jack Smith’s report, which concluded that Donald Trump made a “criminal effort” to overturn the 2020 election, was “a partisan effort...

  10. Forbes

    Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 Report Finds There Was Enough Evidence To Convict Trump Had He Not Won Reelection (opens Forbes)

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    Smith’s report on the 2020 election case was made public shortly after midnight on Tuesday, after Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon allowed its release.

  11. Talking Points Memo

    Trump Loses Last Ditch Effort To Block Jack Smith Report (opens Talking Points Memo)

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    Late last evening, President-elect Donald Trump made a final, half-hearted effort to block the release of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report. And lost.

  12. The Guardian

    Jack Smith’s final letter on Trump case offers little consolation and less justice (opens The Guardian)

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    There is a certain pathos to special prosecutor’s insistence that his unfulfilled investigation was not in vain

  13. The Hill

    READ: Special counsel’s final report in Trump Jan. 6 case (opens The Hill)

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    The Justice Department released special counsel Jack Smith’s report on President-elect Trump‘s election interference case, just days before he returns to the White House. Smith defended his investigations into Trump in the final report, released publicly early Tuesday morning, saying his determinati…

  14. Fox News

    Legal expert shreds Trump special counsel report: 'Vintage Jack Smith' (opens Fox News)

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    Jonathan Turley says volume one of Jack Smith’s final report on his investigation into President-elect Donald Trump was more about "defending himself" than the case.

  15. New York Post

    Trump would have been convicted in election interference case had he not won election, special counsel Jack Smith’s report claims (opens New York Post)

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    Special counsel Jack Smith’s long-awaited report on Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case argues that the president-elect would’ve been convicted at trial had he not won the 2024 presidential election.

  16. Newsweek

    Jack Smith's Donald Trump report: read full document (opens Newsweek)

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    Smith had been investigating allegations that Trump criminally tried to overturn the 2020 election results.

  17. The Hill

    Smith defends Trump prosecution as final Jan. 6 report released to the public (opens The Hill)

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    Special counsel Jack Smith defended his investigations into President-elect Trump in a final report released publicly early Tuesday morning, saying his determinations were free from political interference and that, if permitted to proceed, his cases would have likely secured a conviction.

  18. Salon

    Jack Smith rebuts Trump's claims of "exoneration," details campaign to overturn the 2020 election (opens Salon)

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    In his final report on 2020 election subversion, Jack Smith said a jury would have found Trump guilty

  19. Christian Science Monitor

    Jack Smith report: Trump’s 2020 election actions were an ‘unprecedented criminal effort’ (opens Christian Science Monitor)

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    Special counsel Jack Smith’s report about Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results was released on Jan. 14. Mr. Smith believes Mr. Trump would have been convicted if he had not been reelected to the White House.

  20. Wyoming Public Media

    Special counsel Jack Smith says evidence against Trump was enough to convict him (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    The report on federal charges against Trump for election interference in 2020 offers special counsel Jack Smith a last chance to explain his decisions after dropping the case.

  21. The Guardian

    Five key takeaways from Jack Smith’s report on alleged Trump election crimes (opens The Guardian)

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    Trump’s win scuppered inquiry, but special counsel’s report says president-elect would probably have been convicted

  22. The Daily Signal

    Why Jack Smith Passed on Charging Trump With Incitement (opens The Daily Signal)

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    Special counsel Jack Smith asserts in his report that Trump never believed the 2020 election was fraudulent and made “knowingly false claims."

  23. Washington Examiner

    Jack Smith denounces Trump in final report on Jan. 6 case (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Jack Smith rebuked Trump for claiming his two criminal cases were politically motivated, calling the president-elect's claims "laughable."

  24. WHDH Boston

    Special counsel report condemns Trump’s ‘criminal efforts to retain power’ in 2020 - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    (CNN) — Attorney General Merrick Garland has publicly released special counsel Jack Smith’s report on his investigation into Donald Trump and efforts to overturn the 2020

  25. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Prosecutor Jack Smith defends criminal case against Trump (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    WASHINGTON - U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith concluded that Donald Trump engaged in an "unprecedented criminal effort" to hold on to power after losing the 2020 election, but was thwarted

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