Jack Smith, special counsel in Trump cases, resigns

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

30% : In this case, however, Trump and his former co-defendants in the classified documents case have returned to the courts to try to keep Smith's report under wraps.
28% : Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice Department after completing his work overseeing two federal prosecutions of Donald Trump, according to a government court filing.
26% : Trump was dropped from the appeal after his election because of Justice Department policy against prosecuting sitting presidents.
23% : Smith, a veteran federal and war crimes prosecutor, became the public face of the Justice Department's efforts to hold Trump accountable for two sets of alleged crimes: trying to block Joe Biden's 2020 election victory; and, after leaving the White House, mishandling highly classified documents and obstructing government efforts to retrieve them.
22% : The president-elect was planning to fire Smith and his team, The Washington Post reported in November, and Smith had made clear that he would resign before Trump took office.
14% : Trump accused Smith and Attorney General Merrick Garland of bringing the cases for political reasons.

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