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Justice Department says it plans to release only part of special counsel’s Trump report for now

LA Times

The Justice Department said Wednesday that it intends to release special counsel Jack Smith’s findings on Donald Trump’s efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election but will keep under wraps for now the rest of the report focused on the president-elect’s hoarding of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate. The Justice Department said it would proceed with …

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Judge Blocks Special Counsel Smith's Report On Trump Cases — For Now

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Come on, Aileen! On Tuesday, Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon issued an order blocking the public release of special counsel Jack Smith’s highly anticipated reports on the prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump’s classified documents case as well as his Jan. 6 election subversion case. The injunction from Cannon stops the release of the report until the …

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Trump Requests Merrick Garland Not Release Final Special Counsel Report

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Lawyers for Donald Trump on Monday called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to block the release of a report authored by special counsel Jack Smith detailing his findings in the Justice Department’s two criminal cases against the president-elect, which could be made public as soon as this week. As part of their arguments for urging Garland to …

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5 days, 10 hours ago

Trump spent years trying to undermine Jack Smith. Now he wants to block special counsel’s final word

CNN

CNN — District Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday blocked the public release of special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his investigations into President-elect Donald Trump. The issue of Smith’s final report being made public now moves to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, with Cannon’s order Tuesday preventing Smith or the Justice Department from transmitting the report outside the …

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1 month ago

South Korean parliament approves special counsel to investigate Yoon over martial law order

The Independent

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1 month, 1 week ago

Special counsel dismisses Joe Biden's ‘nonsensical’ claim Hunter was ‘selectively and unfairly prosecuted’

Hindustan Times

Special counsel David Weiss has dismissed Joe Biden’s claim that Hunter Biden was “selectively and unfairly prosecuted” for federal tax and gun crimes. Special counsel dismisses Joe Biden's ‘nonsensical’ claim Hunter was ‘selectively and unfairly prosecuted’ “The Government does not challenge that the defendant has been the recipient of an act of mercy. “No reasonable person who looks at the …

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Special counsel drops election subversion case against Trump

China Daily

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-11-26 10:35 Former US president Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith are seen in a combination of file photos in Washington, US, in 2023. WASHINGTON - US Special Counsel Jack Smith who indicted former president Donald Trump for election subversion and mishandling classified documents sought to drop both cases against the president-elect on Monday. The election …

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Special counsel drops election subversion case against Trump

China Daily

Former US president Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith are seen in a combination of file photos in Washington, US, in 2023. WASHINGTON - US Special Counsel Jack Smith who indicted former president Donald Trump for election subversion and mishandling classified documents sought to drop both cases against the president-elect on Monday. The election subversion case was formally dismissed …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Special counsel drops election subversion case against Trump

China Daily

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-11-26 10:35 Former US president Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith are seen in a combination of file photos in Washington, US, in 2023. WASHINGTON - US Special Counsel Jack Smith who indicted former president Donald Trump for election subversion and mishandling classified documents sought to drop both cases against the president-elect on Monday. The election …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Special counsel drops election subversion case against Trump

China Daily

Former US president Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith are seen in a combination of file photos in Washington, US, in 2023. WASHINGTON - US Special Counsel Jack Smith who indicted former president Donald Trump for election subversion and mishandling classified documents sought to drop both cases against the president-elect on Monday. The election subversion case was formally dismissed …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Special Counsel Jack Smith Files Motion To Dismiss Jan. 6 Case

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday filed a motion to dismiss President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 criminal indictment for allegedly defrauding the United States, conspiring to obstruct Congress when it met to certify the results of the 2020 election, and otherwise acting to “oppress, threaten and intimidate” voters. Smith wrote that he made his decision because Department …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Takeaways from Donald Trump’s victories over special counsel Jack Smith

CNN

CNN — Even before special counsel Jack Smith formally asked that his criminal cases against Donald Trump be dismissed, it was already guaranteed the president-elect would never see a jury. Video Ad Feedback Ty Cobb on what Trump would need to get retribution against special counsel 01:12 - Source: CNN “The Department of Justice, the prosecutors will be prosecuted — …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Takeaways from Donald Trump’s victories over special counsel Jack Smith

CNN

CNN — Even before special counsel Jack Smith formally asked that his criminal cases against Donald Trump be dismissed, it was already guaranteed the president-elect would never see a jury. Video Ad Feedback Ty Cobb on what Trump would need to get retribution against special counsel 01:12 - Source: CNN “The Department of Justice, the prosecutors will be prosecuted — …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Special counsel moves to abandon election meddling and classified data cases against Trump

LA Times

Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Trump in 2023 at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington. Special counsel Jack Smith moved to abandon two criminal cases against Donald Trump on Monday, acknowledging that the president-elect’s return to the White House will preclude attempts to federally prosecute him for retaining …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Special counsel Jack Smith plans to wind down work and resign before Trump takes office, report says

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Special counsel Jack Smith intends to wind down his work …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Special counsel Jack Smith set to resign before Trump takes office: Report

Hindustan Times

Special counsel Jack Smith and several members of his team are planning to resign before Donald Trump assumes office, New York Times reported on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith are seen in a combination of file photos in Washington, U.S., in 2023. REUTERS/Tasos Katopodis, Kevin Wurm/File Photo Jack Smith to resign before …

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Looks Like Trump Got Away With It

Slate

This will be Slate’s final edition of Keeping Up With the Trump Trials. In 2023 Trump racked up over 80 felony charges across four criminal indictments: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s hush money case, Smith’s classified-documents and Jan. 6 cases, and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ election-interference case. The Federal Jan. 6 Case At the end of 2023, Judge …

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2 months ago

Special counsel evaluating how to wind down two federal cases against Trump after presidential win

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith is evaluating how to wind down the two federal cases against Donald Trump before the president-elect takes office in light of longstanding Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot be prosecuted, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday. But Trump’s election defeat of Kamala Harris means that the Justice Department believes he …

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2 months ago

Jack Smith to leave special counsel post before Trump takes office: report

Raw Story

Special counsel Jack Smith will reportedly leave his post before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. "Donald Trump said recently that he would fire Jack Smith, quote, within two seconds of taking office," the correspondent explained. "Fox News is told that Jack Smith will be gone from his post as special counsel, meaning the cases will be gone before …

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2 months, 1 week ago

A warden faced discipline over abuse at a prison. Now he runs a prison training site

NPR

A warden faced discipline over abuse at a prison. Andrew Ciolli was in charge of the penitentiary at Thomson in Illinois for one year before he moved to lead an even larger and more high-profile prison complex in Florence, Colo. An internal investigation by the Bureau of Prisons conducted last spring found that some staff at Florence used excessive force …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump says he would fire ‘mean’ special counsel Jack Smith ‘within seconds’ of taking office

The Independent

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump team files opposition to special counsel in D.C. election subversion case

Raw Story

Donald Trump's lawyer is opposing special counsel Jack Smith's request to a federal judge in Washington, D.C. that they be able to file an extensive briefing on the 2020 election criminal case. "The Court does not need 180 pages of 'great assistance' from the Special Counsel’s Office to develop the record," Trump's team rebutted, according to CBS News reporter Scott …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Special Counsel urges appeals court to reinstate classified documents case against Donald Trump

The Hindu

Special counsel Jack Smith urged a federal appeals court on Monday to reinstate the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, saying a judge’s decision that dismissed the prosecution was at odds with longstanding Justice Department practice and must be reversed. “In ruling otherwise, the district court deviated from binding Supreme Court precedent, misconstrued the statutes that authorized the …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Special counsel Jack Smith urges court to reinstate Trump's classified documents case

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith urged a federal appeals court Monday to reinstate the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, saying a judge’s decision that dismissed the prosecution was at odds with longstanding Justice Department practice and must be reversed. That position, prosecutors wrote in a brief filed with the Atlanta-based appeals court, runs counter to rulings …

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Justice Department says it plans to release only part of special counsel’s Trump report for now

Judge Blocks Special Counsel Smith's Report On Trump Cases — For Now

Trump Requests Merrick Garland Not Release Final Special Counsel Report

Trump spent years trying to undermine Jack Smith. Now he wants to block special counsel’s final word

South Korean parliament approves special counsel to investigate Yoon over martial law order

Special counsel dismisses Joe Biden's ‘nonsensical’ claim Hunter was ‘selectively and unfairly prosecuted’

Special counsel drops election subversion case against Trump

Special counsel drops election subversion case against Trump

Special counsel drops election subversion case against Trump

Special counsel drops election subversion case against Trump

Special Counsel Jack Smith Files Motion To Dismiss Jan. 6 Case

Takeaways from Donald Trump’s victories over special counsel Jack Smith

Takeaways from Donald Trump’s victories over special counsel Jack Smith

Special counsel moves to abandon election meddling and classified data cases against Trump

Special counsel Jack Smith plans to wind down work and resign before Trump takes office, report says

Special counsel Jack Smith set to resign before Trump takes office: Report

Looks Like Trump Got Away With It

Special counsel evaluating how to wind down two federal cases against Trump after presidential win

Jack Smith to leave special counsel post before Trump takes office: report

A warden faced discipline over abuse at a prison. Now he runs a prison training site

Trump says he would fire ‘mean’ special counsel Jack Smith ‘within seconds’ of taking office

Trump team files opposition to special counsel in D.C. election subversion case

Special Counsel urges appeals court to reinstate classified documents case against Donald Trump

Special counsel Jack Smith urges court to reinstate Trump's classified documents case