Washington. Special Counsel Jack Smith has said in a new report that his team investigating Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election ‘stood up for the rule of law’. Smith has written in this report that he is firm on his decision to file criminal charges against the newly elected President Trump. He also said he believed the charges would have resulted in conviction had voters not re-elected Trump to the White House in the recent election.
“The essence of Mr. Trump’s criminal efforts was to make fraudulent, knowingly false claims of election fraud,” according to the report. And the evidence shows that Mr. Trump used all these lies as a weapon to thwart the functioning of the federal government, which is fundamental to America’s democratic process.” On January 20, at Trump’s White House. The report, released just days before his return, once again highlights Trump’s failed efforts to remain in power in 2020.
The prosecution was halted due to Trump’s election victory, so the document is expected to be the Justice Department’s final account of a dark chapter in American history that threatened to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. The Justice Department sent the report to Congress on Tuesday. Earlier a judge had refused to ban its release.
Most of the details of Trump’s efforts to overturn the election results are already known, but the report includes Smith’s detailed assessment of the investigation for the first time. The report also includes Smith’s defense against criticism from Trump and his allies that the investigation is political. Smith also wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland accompanying the report. In it he said, “We were not able to bring the cases to trial, but I still believe our team’s standing up for the rule of law matters. I believe that our team has set an example for others to leave aside personal interests and fight for justice.
