A former war crimes prosecutor, Smith was appointed in November 2022 – nearly two years after the US Capitol attack.
The Florida jurist finds ‘no historical precedent’ for plan to release a special counsel’s dossier while a case is ongoing.
Despite the challenges faced, Judge Aileen Cannon has allowed the Justice Department to release part one of special counsel's final report.
The first part of former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on his now-closed investigations into President-elect Trump was released Tuesday, days before he will be sworn into office.
The special counsel's report concludes the criminal investigation that brought charges against a former president for the first time.
In a last rebuke to the former president he investigated for two years, special counsel Jack Smith denounced Donald Trump for levying "laughable" attacks on the DOJ.
Jack Smith rebuked Trump for claiming his two criminal cases were politically motivated, calling the president-elect's claims "laughable."
Jack Smith, the special counsel who led two federal cases against Donald Trump, has left the United States Department of Justice before the Republican president-elect is inaugurated on January 20 ...
The report, released just days before Trump is to return to the White House, focuses fresh attention on his frantic but failed effort to cling to power in 2020.
Special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on the Trump Jan. 6 case breaks little new evidentiary ground but suggests plenty of criticism for the Supreme Court.
On the second day of his presidency, Donald Trump secured yet another victory from his ally Judge Aileen Cannon.