Fox News: Trump says Jack Smith is a 'disgrace' after special counsel resigned from DOJ: 'He left town empty handed!'

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Trump says Jack Smith is a 'disgrace' after special counsel resigned from DOJ: 'He left town empty handed!'

President-elect Trump criticized special counsel Jack Smith as a "disgrace" to himself and the country following Smith's resignation from the Justice Department.......                    ...                        ...You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login blasted special counsel Jack Smith as a "disgrace" to himself and the country following Smith's resignation from the Justice Department.......Smith's resignation was announced in 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," a footnote in the filing said.......Trump took to his social media platform Truth Social on Sunday to criticize Smith for his investigations into the incoming president.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"Deranged Jack Smith was fired today by the DOJ. He is a disgrace to himself, his family, and his Country. After spending over $100,000,000 on the Witch Hunt against TRUMP, he left town empty handed!" Trump wrote.......Smith was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland in November 2022 to investigate Trump's role in the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and his mishandling of classified documents.......Smith previously served as acting U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee in 2017 during Trump's first administration.......The resignation comes ahead of the release of Smith's report on the case related to Trump's role in the attack on the Capitol. A recent court filing revealed that Garland plans to release the report soon, possibly before Trump takes office next week......."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.......A judge from a federal appeals court ruled on Friday against You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login of Smith's report.......After Trump's presidential election victory in November, Smith filed motions to bring his cases against the president-elect to a close.......Smith asked a judge in late November to drop the charges against Trump in the case related to the Capitol riot. Prior to that request, Smith filed a motion to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in that case, which was anticipated after Trump's electoral win.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Trump said after the cases were dropped that they "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 said in a post on Truth Social. "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' Andrea Margolis contributed to this report....

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