Special prosecutor Jack Smith investigated and prosecuted Donald Trump in two federal criminal cases.
CNN and The New York Times on November 13 quoted informed sources revealing that special prosecutor Jack Smith intends to resign along with other members of the investigation team before US President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January 2025. Mr. Trump has declared that he will remove Mr. Smith "within 2 seconds" of taking office.
Mr. Trump and special prosecutor Jack Smith
Mr. Smith was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate and prosecute Mr. Trump in the case of storing classified government documents in Florida after leaving office and the attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Washington, DC.
In July, the US Supreme Court ruled that the former president has immunity from prosecution for official actions while in office. Mr. Trump’s lawyers used that ruling to ask that the two cases, as well as state cases in New York and Georgia, be dismissed.
The Florida case was dismissed on the grounds that Smith was not constitutionally appointed, and the ruling is being challenged in federal court. After Trump was elected, the special prosecutor also asked the court to stay the case in Washington DC, and most recently, the judge in the New York case postponed Trump’s sentencing.
Under long-standing policy of the US Department of Justice, a sitting president cannot be prosecuted criminally.
According to CNN, special prosecutor Jack Smith must submit a report to Attorney General Garland. The attorney general must approve and decide whether to make the report public. According to sources, Mr. Smith is trying to complete the report and resign first, instead of being fired by Mr. Trump.
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