Special counsel Jack Smith personally denounces Trump's conduct, calls his accusations 'laughable'

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52% : Days before Trump is to be inaugurated president and begin his avowed overhaul of the Department of Justice, Smith said he fully stands by his actions and described his conduct as rooted in longstanding mandate of the DOJ that "power, politics, influence, status, wealth, fear, and favor should not impede justice under the law.
41% : In the letter, Smith acknowledged that his appointment in November 2022 -- the same month Trump announced his presidential campaign -- created a "highly unusual situation" of the executive branch headed by President Joe Biden "conducting criminal investigations regarding his newly declared challenge."
26% : MORE: DOJ provides to Congress Jack Smith's final report on his election interference case against Trump"While we were not able to bring the cases we charged to trial, I believe the fact that our team stood up for the rule of law matters.
25% : Trump pleaded not guilty in 2023 to 40 criminal counts related to his handling of classified materials after leaving the White House, and later that year pleaded not guilty to separate charges of undertaking a "criminal scheme" to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
23% : Since Smith's appointment, Trump has baselessly alleged that he was directed by political actors, attacked Smith's family, and suggested his case was "treasonous.""And to all who know me well, the claim from Mr. Trump that my decisions as a prosecutor were influenced or directed by the Biden administration or other political actors is, in a word, laughable," Smith wrote.Smith fiercely defended the work of his team -- who Trump had repeatedly attacked as partisan actors and "thugs" despite their histories as career prosecutors -- as "people of great decency and the highest personal integrity" who endured relentless threats to their safety and attacks on their character to do their jobs.
18% : Nothing more and nothing less," Smith wrote.Smith also reiterated that his decision to bring the Justice Department's cases against Trump was fully his own, denying Trump's allegation that the decision to bring indictments in the case was subject to political influence.
7% : Special counsel Jack Smith personally denounces Trump's conduct, calls his accusations 'laughable'KATHERINE FAULDERS, ALEXANDER MALLIN and PETER CHARALAMBOUSJanuary 14, 2025 at 6:45 AMIn a final rebuke to the former president he investigated and prosecuted for more than two years, special counsel Jack Smith personally denounced Donald Trump for levying "laughable" and baseless attacks on the federal prosecutors who brought two criminal cases against him.

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