Jack Smith's last chapter: 4 takeaways from the special counsel report on Trump and Jan. 6

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Here are takeaways about the report and its implications:Did the report reveal anything new about Trump?
39% : Trump said he recruited Republican electors in case he won court litigation to support them.
29% : "Finally, the release of any confidential report prepared by this out-of-control private citizen unconstitutionally posing as a prosecutor would be nothing more than a lawless political stunt, designed to politically harm President Trump and justify the huge sums of taxpayer money Smith unconstitutionally spent on his failed and dismissed cases," wrote Trump's lawyers Todd Blanche, Emil Bove, John Lauro and Gregory Singer.
27% : Trump posted on social media a few minutes after rioters breached the Capitol that "Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify.
26% : But Trump insists after charges were dropped following the 2024 election that he was fully exonerated.
25% : Trump strongly opposed releasing the report, which he fought in federal court.
24% : Smith maintains Trump would have been convicted of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election and obstructing Congress.
24% : Trump continues to promote his claims of election fraud.
23% : Trump pressured Vice President Mike Pence, in his role as Senate president, to refuse to recognize results from key swing states when Congress counted Electoral College votes on Jan. 6, 2021.
20% : The report itemized key points from the case that Smith built alleging Trump tried to steal the election.
13% : When an adviser told Trump about the move, Trump replied, "So what?"Why was Smith's report released now?Longstanding Justice Department policy prohibits prosecuting sitting presidents.
9% : Smith's team summarized how Trump pressured state and federal officials with false claims of election fraud in 2020, recruited Republican presidential electors to support him in key swing states that President Joe Biden won and then spurred a violent mob to march on the Capitol.

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