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Jack Smith can "force Donald Trump's hand" -- Former prosecutor

  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -47% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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19% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : Smith is reportedly taking steps to wind down his two cases against Trump -- the D.C. case and the classified documents case in Florida, which was dismissed by Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, but that Smith appealed.
35% : The riot erupted following repeated claims from Trump that the election was stolen via widespread voter fraud, despite there being no substantial evidence of this occurring.
31% : Additionally, Trump said last month that he would fire Smith "within two seconds" after returning to the White House.
31% : Trump, who claimed the case was politically motivated against him, pleaded not guilty to all charges: conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding; and conspiracy against rights.
21% : "Kirschner listed the two ways Trump could engage in corruption to block the prosecution of his co-conspirators.
16% : The former prosecutor said Trump could also "deliver a corrupt pardon.
15% : After Trump, the Republican nominee, won this year's presidential election against Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, it became all but certain that Smith's Washington, D.C., case against Trump would go away, at least for the time he's in office.
14% : In August 2023, Trump was indicted on four felony counts after he allegedly tried to overturn President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory in the aftermath of his loss, which culminated in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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