President-elect Donald Trump had tried to prevent the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report before taking office next week.

The evidence wJack Smith’s 137-page report, released overnight less than one week before Trump will be sworn in for a second term as president, is a full-throated justification of his investigation and defense against his myriad critics.

Special counsel Jack Smith said his team “stood up for the rule of law” as it investigated President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, writing in a

The filing by Special Counsel Jack Smith to the 11th United States Appeals Circuit of an emergency motion for summary reversal of Judge Aileen Cannon’s order blocking the release of his final report is an aggressive finale to years of frustrated prosecutions.

Smith led the federal cases against Donald Trump on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat and mishandling of classified documents. Trump suggested he might seek retribution.

The public report is also incomplete. Its second volume, which pertains to Smith’s investigation of the classified documents found at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate after he left o

Special counsel Jack Smith’s report gives new insights into the investigative process, challenges his team faced and the reasoning that guided their decisions.

Special counsel Jack Smith’s report about Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results was released on Jan. 14. Mr. Smith believes Mr. Trump would have been convicted if he had not been reelected to the White House.