Final chapter of the special counsel's Jan. 6 case against Trump is...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : And we´re listening to Trump, your boss.´
54% : "Trump has repeatedly pointed to the fact that he told supporters to march "peacefully and patriotically" to the Capitol that day.President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican governors at Mar-a-Lago, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla.
45% : "The report was released just days before Trump is to take office again, with plans to pardon supporters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a bid to halt the certification of the election results.
35% : His lawyers said in a letter urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to block the release of the report that Trump had achieved a "complete exoneration."But Smith, in his own letter, called that assertion "false" and took pains to note that the dismissal decision was simply a reflection of his team's adherence to Justice Department policy rather than declaration of Trump's innocence.
32% : While the evidence showed the "violence was foreseeable" to Trump and that he caused it, prosecutors did not have "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," Smith wrote.
30% : Trump has sought to rewrite the violent history of that day in remarks as recently as this month, when he said incorrectly that none of the rioters at the Capitol had guns.
28% : But, Smith emphatically noted, that does not mean Trump was exonerated.
27% : Here are some of the highlights:Trump may never face trial in court for his efforts to undo the 2020 election after he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
27% : Even if Smith didn't charge Trump with inciting the riot, or with leading an insurrection against the U.S. government, his report nonetheless blames the president-elect for the violence on Jan. 6, 2021.
26% : In fact, Smith said, he believes Trump would have been convicted at trial had his 2024 election victory not foreclosed a criminal prosecution.
22% : Mueller cited the same Justice Department policy as Smith and, like Smith, made clear that his findings had not exonerated Trump.
17% : The report provides fresh details about the team's decision-making on what charges to bring - and not to bring.Smith said his team explored charging Trump with violating the Insurrection Act, under which a person convicted of inciting, assisting or engaging in "any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States" would be barred from holding public office.
14% : For more than two years, Smith stood silent in the face of blistering personal attacks from Trump and allies, who alleged that he was compromised, that he was in cahoots with the Biden White House, that the investigations he was shepherding amounted to political persecution.
11% : Weeks after Trump's 2024 presidential win, Smith's team moved to dismiss the case and a separate case charging Trump with mishandling classified documents because of a longstanding Justice Department prohibition against prosecuting a sitting president.
11% : Furthermore, Smith said prosecutors could prove Trump "incited or gave aid and comfort to those who attacked the Capitol," but they did not have evidence that Trump "directly engaged in insurrection himself."

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