Jack Smith disappoints Donald Trump's critics

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : On August 1, 2023, a grand jury indicted Trump in the District of Columbia US District Court on four charges relating to conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstructing an official proceeding.
42% : Special counsel Jack Smith asked a judge on Friday for additional time to assess how to proceed in the pending case against Trump following his victory in the presidential election this week.
40% : "Norm Eisen, a legal analyst and the author of "Trying Trump," posted that Smith should instead be pushing the hearing forward.
31% : Trump has pleaded not guilty to the election-interference charges.
29% : Trump has made no secret of his disdain for Smith, vowing last month that he would fire Smith "within two seconds" of taking office.
29% : The pending federal case against Trump that Smith referenced in his filing relates to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, as well as his alleged involvement in events leading up to the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol.
28% : Now that Trump has been elected the 47 president, Michael McAuliffe, a former federal prosecutor and elected state attorney, told Newsweek that Trump's victory will "almost certainly" result in the Justice Department dismissing the prosecution.
24% : Gill is a longtime Trump critic and has talked about Smith's cases against Trump, as well as his immunity brief, on her podcast multiple times.
21% : Gill served Trump a lawsuit in 2023 accusing him of conspiring to fire her from the department during his presidency.
10% : "Jack Smith just officially brought Donald Trump's January 6th criminal case to a close, even though a grand jury found sufficient evidence to bring an indictment against Trump for the crimes he committed," Dobrofsky posted.

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