Trump would have been convicted of election subversion: special counsel

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : "But for Mr Trump's election and imminent return to the Presidency, the (Special Counsel's) Office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial," he said.Smith, who was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland, brought two federal cases against Trump -- for seeking to overturn the results of the election he lost to Joe Biden and mishandling top secret documents after leaving the White House.
36% : This new stinging rebuke from Smith means Trump will have something of a cloud hanging over him as he takes the oath of office Monday at the Capitol, ground zero of the insurrection he inspired after losing the 2020 election.
25% : "Trump engaged in these efforts even though trusted state and party officials had told him from the outset that there was no evidence of fraud in the election.
25% : Trump said.Smith flatly rejected the allegations of political bias in a letter to Garland that accompanied his final report.
24% : Trump was convicted in New York in May of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to a porn star.
22% : In the end, after years of legal wrangling that Trump survived first by delaying tactics and ultimately by winning re-election, this is about all Trump critics can point to as justice -- the special prosecutor's assertion that, had Trump gone to trial in the election subversion case, he would have been found guilty.
19% : Donald Trump would have been convicted for his "criminal efforts" to retain power after the 2020 election if the case had not been dropped because of his November White House victory, special counsel Jack Smith said Tuesday.
19% : Trump faces separate racketeering charges in Georgia over his efforts to subvert the election results in the southern state but the case will likely be frozen while he is in office.
17% : Specifically, Trump was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding -- the session of Congress held to certify Biden's win that was violently attacked on January 6, 2021 by a mob of Trump supporters.
15% : In his report, Smith accused Trump of using "fraud and deceit" to overturn the election results.
11% : "Trump unsuccessfully pressured vice president Mike Pence not to certify the election results, Smith said, and on January 6 he directed "an angry mob to the United States Capitol.

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