01/14/2025

What We Learned from the Special Counsel's Jan. 6 Report

Prosecutors initially considered charging Trump with inciting insurrection

Department of Justice (DOJ) Special counsel Jack Smith's final report, released shortly before 1 a.m. Tuesday, offers a robust defense of his two-year, ultimately stymied effort to prosecute Donald Trump for his alleged attempts to subvert the results of the 2020 election.

While much of the evidence described in the report's 137 pages was previously revealed in legal filings and court hearings, the document offers the fullest public accounting of Smith’s attempt to prosecute what he calls an “unprecedented criminal effort.” It also gives new insights into the special counsel’s investigative process, challenges his team faced in building their case, and the reasoning that guided their decisions.

Trump dismissed the report in a post on his social media platform Truth Social shortly after its release, calling Smith "a lamebrain prosecutor who was unable to get his case tried before the election."

Please select this link to read the complete article from The Washington Post.