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(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 [View all]

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 [View all] 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