Not enough proof of insurrection
"The report offered few fresh details on Trump's alleged effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election, which he lost to Joe Biden. But it contrasted Trump's public statements with what he told aides and family members after that loss and highlighted what prosecutors viewed as pervasive "deceit." The report cast Trump as the head of a conspiracy who "sought legal cover" from his alleged co-conspirators.
"Federal prosecutors did not charge anyone else in connection with that alleged conspiracy. But their report said that before work wound down, "the Office had made a preliminary determination that the admissible evidence could justify seeking charges against certain co-conspirators."
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Prosecutors also revealed that they had contemplated charging Trump with "insurrection" but they could not prove that he engaged in that rarely charged offense himself. They also evaluated Trump's remarks near the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as possible criminal "incitement."
But they couldn't develop direct evidence that Trump had intended to "cause the full scope of the violence that occurred" that day.
"The report described brutal assaults on police by a mob that wielded flagpoles and bear spray, including photos of scenes that law enforcement has likened to hand-to-hand combat. More than 140 officers suffered injuries, some that forced their early retirement."
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/14/g-s1-42358/trump-jack-smith-election-report
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