The US Department of Justice released a report on Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election
On January 14, the US Department of Justice released the report of special prosecutor Jack Smith. The document concerns President-elect Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. About this informs The Washington Post.
It is the latest move by a prosecutor whose criminal cases have been disrupted since Trump won the election in November. The report was released shortly before 1:00 a.m., immediately after a court order barring its publication expired.
This report is the final public document of a historic Justice Department investigation that did not go to trial. The federal government closed the case in November after Trump became president-elect. Under Justice Department rules, prosecutions against a sitting president are prohibited, but Smith emphasized that closing the case does not lessen the seriousness of the allegations against Trump.
In addition, a US federal court blocked the release of a second report related to Smith’s separate investigation into Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents and attempts to obstruct the government’s efforts to retrieve them.
