Jack Smith resigns from DOJ ahead of Trump presidency

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : Trump had previously said firing Smith and his team was an immediate priority when he takes presidential office.
41% : Smith's appeal of the dismissal of charges against two people charged alongside Trump with obstructing the investigation is still active.
32% : Trump has denied wrongdoing and long criticized the two legal proceedings against him, of which Smith was at the helm.
32% : The likelihood that the report on the classified documents investigation, which of all inquiries against Trump had once seemed to carry the greatest legal threat, would ever be released given that the Trump Justice Department almost certainly will not make the document public even after the case against the two co-defendants is resolved.
32% : The court ruled then for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, all but ending prospects Trump could be tried before the November election.
30% : Trump has long criticized the proceedings against him and previously said he'd fire Smith immediately upon taking office.
18% : Aileen Cannon, the Trump-appointed judge presiding over the classified documents case, dismissed Smith's initial inquiry into Trump in July after concluding it was illegal.
14% : If any of Smith's investigative report is released, Trump said during a wide-ranging news conference at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on Jan. 7: "It'll be a fake report just like it was a fake investigation.
6% : "Here's what to know about Smith's two investigations involving Trump:Classified documents inquiryCharges remain pending against two Trump co-defendants in a Florida case accusing Trump of illegally holding classified documents.

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