Fox News: Special counsel Jack Smith resigns after 2-year stint at Department of Justice

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Special counsel Jack Smith resigns after 2-year stint at Department of Justice

Special counsel Jack Smith left his position at the Department of Justice Friday, according to a court document filed Saturday. He was hired by Merrick Garland in 2022.......                    ...                        ...Special counsel Jack Smith resigned from his position at the Department of Justice Friday, Fox News has learned.......The resignation, which had already been expected since President-elect Trump was elected in November, was quietly announced in the footnote of a court filing Saturday. ......"The Special Counsel completed his work and submitted his final confidential report on January 7, 2025, and separated from the Department on January 10," the note said.......Smith was appointed by Attorney General You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in November 2022 to investigate the 2020 election interference case against Trump related to Jan. 6 and the Mar-a-Lago You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login In 2017, Smith served as acting U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee during the first Trump administration.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The news came as the country waits for Smith's report on the election interference case to be released. A recent court filing showed Garland plans to release the investigative report soon, possibly before Trump takes office Jan. 20. ......On Friday, a judge from a federal appeals court ruled against You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login of Smith's report......."As I have made clear regarding every Special Counsel who has served since I took office, I am committed to making as much of the Special Counsel's report public as possible, consistent with legal requirements and Department policy," Garland wrote in a recent letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and ranking member Jamie Raskin, D-Md.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Once Trump won the 2024 presidential election, Smith filed motions to wind down his cases against the president-elect. At the end of November, Smith asked a judge to drop the charges against You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in the D.C. case against him. ......Before asking to drop the case, Smith filed a motion to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in the 2020 election interference case against Trump in Washington, D.C., a decision that was widely expected after Trump's win. After the cases were dropped, Trump responded to the move by arguing the investigations "should never have been brought."......"These cases, like all of the other cases I have been forced to go through, are empty and lawless, and should never have been brought," Trump in a Truth Social post. "It was a political hijacking, and a low point in the History of our Country that such a thing could have happened, and yet, I persevered, against all odds, and WON. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"......Fox News Digital's Brooke Singman and Chris Pandolfo contributed to this report....

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