By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2025-01-11 21:11:26 | Updated at 2025-01-12 00:06:52
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Special Counsel Jack Smith resigned from his position on Friday after completing two criminal investigations into President-elect Donald Trump.
In a footnote in a motion submitted to US District Judge Aileen Cannon on Saturday, it said that Smith had completed his work and separated from the Department on January 10.
That motion was urging Cannon not to extend a court order that she issued last week blocking the release of Smith's final report.
Lawyers for Trump had persuaded the Trump-appointed judge to block the release of the volume of Smith's report pertaining to their case before her.
Trump was charged with willful retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, in a case Cannon dismissed this summer that was on appeal when Trump won the November election.
Trump's team had also asked an appeals court to block the release of the entire two-volume report.
Legal filings released earlier this week indicate that Smith had accused Trump of being 'the head of the criminal conspiracies,' and his footnotes indicate the combined reports run beyond 200 pages.
Another of the case's led by Smith focused on Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the lead up to January 6.
Neither of Smith's cases against Trump reached trial and the president-elect has fiercely maintained his innocence during the 'political' prosecution.
In a footnote in a motion submitted to US District Judge Aileen Cannon on Saturday, it said that Smith had completed his work and separated from the Department on January 10
Reports had emerged in November of last year that he was planning on stand down ahead of Trump assuming office.
Sources close to Smith told the New York Times he wants to finish his work and avoid being fired 'within two seconds' of Trump being sworn in on January 20.
Trump was indicted in August 2023 on felony charges of seeking to overturn the election in the run-up to January 6.
In November he moved to have the charges against Trump dropped, asking Judge Tanya S. Chutkan to dismiss the case without prejudice because of policy prohibiting prosecuting a sitting president.
The judge complied with his request, and agreed with Smith's verbiage on a dismissal 'without prejudice', which technically could allow charges to come back after Trump leaves office.
'Dismissal without prejudice is appropriate here,' Chutkan wrote.
'Dismissal without prejudice is also consistent with the Government’s understanding that the immunity afforded to a sitting President is temporary, expiring when they leave office,' she added.
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