Jack Smith's Jan 6 Investigation Report Released After Trump's 11th-Hour Legal Challenge Fails

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

27% : Trump pleaded not guilty to the charges against him in the 2020 election case and has denied any wrongdoing.
25% : Criminal charges are still pending against Trump and allies including Giuliani and Meadows in Georgia, but the fate of that case is now up in the air after a Georgia appeals court ruled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from overseeing the prosecution.
23% : While the case never went to trial, Smith's final report on the election case also comes after the special counsel released a thorough document in October outlining the government's case against Trump, as Smith tried to keep the case afloat following the Supreme Court's ruling giving Trump some immunity from criminal prosecution.
22% : "While the Justice Department's criminal case against Trump was dismissed following his election, multiple states still have pending criminal charges against people involved with the post-election plot.
22% : Prosecutors in Wisconsin, Michigan and Nevada have also brought criminal charges against Trump allies involved with the efforts to overturn the 2020 election, primarily GOP officials who signed off on slates of electors in the battleground states that falsely claimed Trump had won.
15% : It's expected the prosecution against Trump's co-defendants won't end until after Trump takes office, at which point it would be up to Pam Bondi, his attorney general pick, to decide whether the report should be released -- which she's unlikely to do, given the report criticizes Trump.
14% : Neither federal case went to trial, as Trump was ultimately able to delay both of them until after the election, and Smith dismissed the cases after Trump's victory, citing the Justice Department's policy against prosecuting sitting presidents.
12% : Senate Democrats are pushing Garland to preserve all the evidence from Smith's investigations into Trump, given the possibility the incoming Trump administration could bury the information over its criticism of the president-elect.
12% : Trump has asked to have the charges against him dropped in the Georgia case, which the court didn't rule on prior to Willis' disqualification, but the case would still proceed against his co-defendants even if Trump gets dismissed from the case.
6% : Garland appointed Smith in 2022 as special counsel to oversee the government's investigations against Trump, with Smith ultimately bringing two of the four total criminal cases that Trump faced prior to his election.

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