Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith appear in a side-by-side photograph. (Fox News Digital)
JACK SMITH RESIGNS FROM THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
It is customary for special counsels to release a final report, detailing the findings of their investigation and explaining any prosecution or declination decisions they reached.
In Smith's case, the prosecution decision is immaterial, given Trump's status as president and long-standing Justice Department policy against bringing criminal charges against a sitting president.
Trump has blasted Smith's work as a "fake report."
Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to members of the media at the U.S. Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
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Attorney General Merrick Garland has opted to release the reports from two other special counsels whose investigations concluded during his tenure – publishing both the summary reports submitted by John Durham, who was tapped by then-Attorney General Bill Barr in 2019 to review the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, as well as the final report from Robert Hur, a former U.S. attorney whom he tapped in 2023 to investigate President Biden's handling of classified documents.
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