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Special counsel says Trump's election prohibited case from going to trial. Here is the news to know on Tuesday.

During Wednesday's tense Senate confirmation hearing for Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi, Bondi repeatedly declined to say if she would investigate Special Counsel Jack Smith and former Congresswoman Liz Cheney.

The section of Jack Smith's report that deals with Donald Trump's actions on Jan. 6 and his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss could be released as soon as Tuesday.

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The fracas over the release of Smith’s Trump investigation findings is a good example of the kind of issues judges wish they didn’t have to decide.

Special Counsel Jack Smith, who pursued two criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump, has resigned from the Justice Department, according to a federal court filing made Saturday.

Here, much remains unknown." Democratic Senator Adam Schiff of California posted on X: "Jack Smith did his duty. And the public deserves to see the product of his work and that of his team.

In a long-awaited report, the former special counsel argued that Trump would have been convicted in his election subversion case if he hadn’t won the election.

Donald Trump would have been convicted of election interference if not for winning re-election, said Jack Smith, special counsel who indicted the former and future president, in his final report.