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orleans

(35,537 posts) Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:07 PM Jan 11

Jack Smith resigns from DOJ The special counsel's departure was disclosed in a court filing submitted Saturday afternoon

By Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein

01/11/2025 03:44 PM EST

Special counsel Jack Smith has completed his work on two criminal investigations of President-elect Donald Trump and resigned Friday from the Justice Department.

Word of Smith’s departure came in a court filing Justice Department officials submitted to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon Saturday afternoon, urging her not to extend a court order she issued last week blocking release of Smith’s final report, which was submitted to department leaders on Tuesday.

Justice Department officials say Cannon’s order overstepped her authority and that she has no power to block Attorney General Merrick Garland from releasing Smith’s findings.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/11/jack-smith-resigns-justice-department-trump-criminal-investigation-00197694

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Jack Smith resigns from DOJ The special counsel's departure was disclosed in a court filing submitted Saturday afternoon (Original Post) orleans Jan 11 OP

*sigh* buzzycrumbhunger Jan 11 #1

that's how i feel nt orleans Jan 11 #3

He didn't want to be fired. WarGamer Jan 11 #2

i know. we knew he was going to resign. i was hoping he'd wait until his vol. 1 was released but... orleans Jan 11 #5

Vol 1 is being released Sunday or Monday. 2 when the co-defenders' docs case is over. UTUSN Jan 12 #14

Back to the Hague? SleeplessinSoCal Jan 11 #4

I wish him well in the future. greatauntoftriplets Jan 11 #6

Thank you for your patriotism, Honorable Mr. Smith. Think. Again. Jan 11 #7

She has no power to block Merrick Garland from releasing Smiths report? Autumn Jan 11 #8

Hope his report is better than Mueller's and Fitzgerald's. Silent Type Jan 11 #9

Does this mean the report is coming out tomorrow? Quiet Em Jan 11 #10

Or, it's not coming out at all. Sneederbunk Jan 11 #12

Please write a book. Sneederbunk Jan 11 #11

we all saw his crimes via photos of the classified docs. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 12 #13

buzzycrumbhunger

(948 posts)

1. *sigh*

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:08 PM

Jan 11

orleans

(35,537 posts)

3. that's how i feel nt

Reply to buzzycrumbhunger (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:12 PM

Jan 11

WarGamer

(16,142 posts)

2. He didn't want to be fired.

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:09 PM

Jan 11

orleans

(35,537 posts)

5. i know. we knew he was going to resign. i was hoping he'd wait until his vol. 1 was released but...

Reply to WarGamer (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:13 PM

Jan 11

doesn't matter i guess

UTUSN

(73,158 posts)

14. Vol 1 is being released Sunday or Monday. 2 when the co-defenders' docs case is over.

Reply to orleans (Reply #5)

Sun Jan 12, 2025, 01:24 AM

Jan 12

#2 release might be monkey wrenched by Trump's DOJ, although he doesn't care about saving underlings.

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,834 posts)

4. Back to the Hague?

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:12 PM

Jan 11

He may yet face Trump the troll.

greatauntoftriplets

(177,182 posts)

6. I wish him well in the future.

Reply to SleeplessinSoCal (Reply #4)

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:15 PM

Jan 11

He's a good man, may need to leave the country again to get away from drumpf.

Think. Again.

(21,156 posts)

7. Thank you for your patriotism, Honorable Mr. Smith.

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:17 PM

Jan 11

Autumn

(47,158 posts)

8. She has no power to block Merrick Garland from releasing Smiths report?

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:20 PM

Jan 11

So who really thinks Garland will release it? Garland playing games to the end.

Silent Type

(8,016 posts)

9. Hope his report is better than Mueller's and Fitzgerald's.

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:21 PM

Jan 11

Quiet Em

(1,517 posts)

10. Does this mean the report is coming out tomorrow?

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:23 PM

Jan 11

Sneederbunk

(15,587 posts)

12. Or, it's not coming out at all.

Reply to Quiet Em (Reply #10)

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:27 PM

Jan 11

Sneederbunk

(15,587 posts)

11. Please write a book.

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:26 PM

Jan 11

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,834 posts)

13. we all saw his crimes via photos of the classified docs.

Reply to Sneederbunk (Reply #11)

Sun Jan 12, 2025, 01:05 AM

Jan 12

We saw him do all this in the open. We saw him speak on January 6. We heard the phone call to the Georgia secy of state. And the countless boxes of classified documents - that he stole.

Don't let him make us insane. That is what is happening.

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