Tuesday, January 14, 2025 -Jack Smith, the special counsel who led prosecution against United States President-elect Donald Trump, has resigned and fled the country ahead of Trump’s inauguration on January 20.
According to statements of officials in the document submitted to the US
District Judge Aileen Cannon, Smith had completed his work and submitted his
final confidential report on January 7 this year before he finally took leave
of the United States Department of Justice on January 10.
The cases handled by Smith involved Trump’s alleged mishandling of
confidential documents after he left office and his alleged attempt to overturn
the 2020 election which he contested and lost.
Smith, a former war crimes prosecutor, was appointed in November 2022 to
steer the affairs of the Justice Department’s ongoing investigations into
Trump’s cases.
However, with Trump’s victory in the November 5 election, Smith
dismissed the cases, citing a Justice Department rule against prosecuting
incumbent presidents.
While asking courts to drop the charges, Smith’s legal team, however,
acknowledged the validity of the cases but stated that they could not pursue
them in view of the Trump’s impeding return to the Presidency.
This signals the collapse of charges against Donald Trump, allowing him
to take office without facing legal repercussions.
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