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Smith special counsel investigation
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Three days after Donald Trump announced his campaign for the 2024 United States presidential election, a special counsel investigation was opened by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on November 18, 2022, to continue two investigations initiated by the Justice Department (DOJ) regarding former U.S. President Donald Trump. Garland appointed Jack Smith, a longtime federal prosecutor, to lead the independent investigations. Smith was tasked with investigating Trump's role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack and Trump's mishandling of government records, including classified documents.
Smith moved quickly to advance his investigations, assembling a team of at least twenty DOJ prosecutors, and called witnesses for grand jury testimony, issued subpoenas to election officials in multiple states and asked a federal judge to hold Trump in contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena.
On June 8, 2023, a grand jury in the Southern Florida U.S. District Court indicted Trump on 37 felony counts,[1] including charges of willful retention of national security material, obstruction of justice and conspiracy, relating to his removal and retention of presidential materials from the White House after his presidency ended.[2] Thirty-one of the counts fell under the Espionage Act.[3] Trump pleaded not guilty.[4][5][6] The judge set trial for May 20, 2024.[7]
On August 1, 2023, a grand jury for the District of Columbia U.S. District Court issued a four-count indictment of Trump for conspiracy to defraud the United States under Title 18 of the United States Code, obstructing an official proceeding and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding under the Sarbanes–Oxley Act, and conspiracy against rights under the Enforcement Act of 1870 for his conduct following the 2020 presidential election through the January 6 Capitol attack.[8][9][10] Trump pleaded not guilty.[11] The judge set trial for March 4, 2024.[12]
On July 15, 2024, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the classified documents prosecution against Donald Trump, siding with the former president’s argument that special counsel Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed.[13]
On November 25, 2024, Smith announced that he was seeking to drop all charges against Donald Trump in the aftermath of Trump's victory in the 2024 United States presidential election.[14] The Justice Department, by policy, does not prosecute sitting presidents of the United States.[15] Smith submitted his final report to the Justice Department on January 7, 2025 and resigned three days later.[16][17]
- ^ Santucci, John; Pereira, Ivan. "37-count Trump federal indictment unsealed in classified documents probe". ABC News. Archived from the original on June 9, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
- ^ Alan Feuer; Maggie Haberman; William K. Rashbaum; Benjamin Protess (June 8, 2023). "Trump Is Charged in Classified Documents Inquiry". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 9, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
- ^ Kyle Cheney; Josh Gerstein (June 9, 2023). "Trump indictment unsealed". Politico. Archived from the original on June 9, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
- ^ "Trump booked and processed at Miami federal court". NBC News. June 13, 2023. Archived from the original on August 6, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- ^ Allen, Jonathan; Gregorian, Darah; Seitz, Alex (June 13, 2023). "Trump surrenders to federal custody; is booked ahead of arraignment". NBC News. Archived from the original on August 6, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- ^ Herb, Jeremy; Lybrand, Holmes (June 13, 2023). "Donald Trump pleads not guilty to classified documents charges". CNN. Archived from the original on July 18, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- ^ Polantz, Katelyn; Sneed, Tierney; Scannell, Kara (July 21, 2023). "Judge sets May 2024 trial date for Donald Trump in documents case". CNN Politics. Archived from the original on July 22, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
- ^ "Trump indicted for efforts to undermine the 2020 election". PBS NewsHour. WETA. August 1, 2023. Archived from the original on August 1, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
- ^ Grabenstein, Hannah; Serino, Kenichi (August 1, 2023). "Read the full indictment against Trump for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election". PBS NewsHour. WETA. Archived from the original on August 1, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
- ^ Berris, Peter G. (August 3, 2023). Overview of the Indictment of Former President Trump Related to the 2020 Election (Report). Congressional Research Service. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
- ^ Kunzelman, Michael; Tucker, Eric; Merchant, Nomaan (August 3, 2023). "Trump pleads not guilty to federal felonies related to the 2020 election". PBS NewsHour. WETA. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ Rabinowitz, Hannah; Lybrand, Holmes (August 28, 2023). "Judge sets Trump DC federal election subversion trial for March 4, 2024 — one day before Super Tuesday". CNN. Archived from the original on August 28, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ Barber, C. Ryan; Gurman, Sadie (July 15, 2024). "Federal Judge Dismisses Classified Documents Prosecution Against Trump". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on July 15, 2024. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ Cole, Paula Reid, Tierney Sneed, Devan (November 25, 2024). "Special counsel Jack Smith drops election subversion and classified documents cases against Donald Trump | CNN Politics". CNN. Archived from the original on November 25, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Cheney, Kyle; Gerstein, Josh (November 25, 2024). "Special counsel Jack Smith drops criminal case against Trump for 2020 election subversion". Politico. Archived from the original on November 25, 2024.
- ^ Heuer, Mike (January 11, 2025). "Federal prosecutor Jack Smith resigns ahead of Trump's inauguration". United Press International. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
- ^ Cheney, Kyle; Gerstein, Josh (January 11, 2025). "Jack Smith resigns from DOJ". Politico.
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