Special counsel's final report says Trump would have been convicted of election interference if he hadn't won

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday declined a request from Walt Nauta, an aide to Trump, and Carlos de Oliveira, former property manager at Mar-a-Lago, to block volume one of Smith's final report from becoming public.
44% : The former special counsel wrote that his office was "prepared" to prove "Trump willfully caused his supporters to obstruct and attempt to obstruct the proceeding by summoning them to Washington, D.C."Still, Smith wrote that his office "did not develop direct evidence -- such as an explicit admission or communication with co-conspirators -- of Mr. Trump's subjective intent to cause the full scope of the violence that occurred on January 6."Now, four years since the Jan. 6 attack, more than 1,500 people have been charged as a result of their conduct at the Capitol.
44% : One potential charge was under the Insurrection Act, a Civil War-era law that bars those who incite an insurrection against the U.S. from holding federal office.
44% : Smith's tenure as special counsel began in November 2022, when Garland tapped him to take over the ongoing investigations involving Trump.
43% : The letter, addressed to Garland and a top career official at the Justice Department, alleged the special counsel did not have the legal authority to submit a final report summarizing his investigations into Trump and urged the attorney general to "put an end to this weaponization of the justice system and move forward constructively.
40% : In the 2020 election case, brought in Washington, D.C., Trump faced four charges, including conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding.
39% : The Justice Department's publication of the first volume of Smith's report marked the culmination of a fast-moving legal battle that transpired over the past week and played out days before Trump is to be sworn in for a second term.
36% : Smith's two probes led to separate prosecutions of Trump, but they came to a close because of his victory in the November presidential election.
31% : Smith wrote in his report that his office began its prosecution of Trump because it had enough evidence against him, that "[b]ut for Mr. Trump's election and imminent return to the Presidency, the Office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial.
31% : Smith said that after Trump was indicted in August 2023, his office continued to look into whether any of the other alleged participants should face charges.
29% : At one point, according to the report, Trump allegedly told his acting attorney general to "just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressmen.
27% : Volume two delves into allegations that Trump unlawfully held onto classified documents after the end of his first term in 2021 and obstructed the Justice Department's investigation.
26% : Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges and accused Smith of mounting a politically charged investigation against him because he was Mr. Biden's political rival.
25% : "Much of the 137-page volume recounts information that has already been made public through court filings during the course of the now-dismissed case against Trump filed in Washington, D.C.
21% : The former special counsel also detailed ways in which he alleged Trump sought to pressure the Justice Department at the time to investigate the false claims of fraud.
20% : "A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Trump with four counts in the summer of 2023.
20% : "Trump was charged with allegedly participating in crimes with at least six unnamed co-conspirators, and Smith wrote that his office determined some shared criminal culpability with the president-elect.
17% : Trump has slammed Smith's investigation as politically motivated and denied all wrongdoing in the case.
12% : ""To show you how desperate Deranged Jack Smith is, he released his Fake findings at 1:00 A.M. in the morning," Trump said early Tuesday.
10% : Prosecutors alleged that the rioters who descended on the Capitol "had been motivated and directed by Trump," a claim Trump has denied.

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