Jack Smith has resigned as special counsel overseeing criminal investigations into Donald Trump and left the Justice Department, a court filing confirmed. Smith’s departure follows the completion of his final report on two probes: Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House in 2021. Smith indicted Trump twice but dropped both cases after Trump's November election win, following DOJ policy against prosecuting sitting presidents. Attorney General Garland will release the first volume of Smith’s report to the public. The second volume on classified documents will remain private and be shared only with senior Congress members due to an ongoing case against Trump’s associates.
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00:02Jack Smith has resigned as special counsel overseeing criminal investigation into Donald
00:05Trump and left the Justice Department, a court filing confirmed. Smith's departure follows
00:10the completion of his final report on two probes, Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election,
00:14and his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House in 2021.
00:18Smith indicted Trump twice, but dropped both cases after Trump's November election win,
00:22following DOJ policy against prosecuting sitting presidents. Attorney General Garland will release
00:27the first volume of Smith's report to the public. The second volume on classified documents will
00:31remain private and shared only with senior Congress members, due to an ongoing case
00:35against Trump's associates. For all things money, visit Benzinga.com slash GSTV.