Jack-Smith

Trump DOJ Fires Jack Smith Special Counsel Team in Systematic Purge

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Trump administration Justice Department fires at least 35 DOJ employees who worked on Special Counsel Jack Smith investigations into Trump’s classified documents case and January 6th election interference. Fired prosecutors included career attorneys Molly Gaston, J.P. Cooney, Anne McNamara, …

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Jack Smith releases final report concluding Trump would have been convicted for January 6 crimes

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Special Counsel Jack Smith released his 137-page final report on Trump’s January 6 case, concluding Trump engaged in an “unprecedented criminal effort” to overturn the 2020 election through “deceit and knowingly false claims.” Smith stated Trump would have been …

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Judge Cannon dismisses Trump classified documents case, rules Jack Smith appointment unconstitutional

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U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the classified documents case against Trump, ruling that Special Counsel Jack Smith’s appointment violated the Constitution’s Appointments Clause. Cannon, a Trump appointee, found Attorney General Garland lacked authority to appoint Smith …

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Jack Smith grants immunity to fake electors for testimony against Trump

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Special Counsel Jack Smith compelled at least two Republican fake electors to testify by granting them limited immunity, including Nevada GOP officials Michael McDonald and Jim DeGraffenreid. Multiple fake electors admitted they would not have participated “had they known the true extent of …

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Trump indicted on 37 federal charges for classified documents

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Special Counsel Jack Smith’s grand jury indicted Donald Trump on 37 federal charges related to mishandling classified documents, marking the first federal criminal indictment of a former U.S. president. Charges included 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information under the …

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Jack Smith appointed Special Counsel to investigate Trump

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Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith as Special Counsel to oversee DOJ’s criminal investigations of Donald Trump, three days after Trump announced his 2024 presidential campaign. Smith was tasked with investigating Trump’s role in the January 6 Capitol attack and his …

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Trump shows classified Iran attack plan at Bedminster, admits can't declassify

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Audio recording captured Trump showing classified documents about U.S. attack plans on Iran to people without security clearances at his Bedminster golf club. Trump stated: “As president I could have declassified it. Now I can’t, you know, but this is still a secret.” This …

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