Over a dozen officials who worked on former special counsel Jack Smith’s team to prosecute President Donald Trump are being

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WASHINGTON - The Justice Department is firing more than a dozen officials who worked on Special Counsel Jack Smith's cases against President Donald Trump on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat and mishandling of classified documents,

Jack Smith's report says prosecutors could have convicted Trump had his election win not prevented the case from proceeding.

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Acting Attorney General James McHenry terminated employment on Monday of more than a dozen officials who worked on former special counsel Jack Smith's team.

The first part of former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on his now-closed investigations into President-elect Trump was released Tuesday, days before he will be sworn into office.

The special counsel’s report on his investigation said the Justice Department had ample evidence to convict Donald Trump of trying to obstruct the 2020 election results.

With actions big and small, Trump has spent his first days in office pushing the levers of government – and his unique powers as commander in chief – to target his perceived political enemies both inside and outside the government.

The U.S. Department of Justice didn’t give Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes its investigation on President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election before Trump took the office a second time Jan.

Donald Trump was still facing four criminal indictments: two at the federal level, one in New York State, and one in Georgia. But after Trump defeated Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election,