The special prosecutor Jack Smithwhich investigated alleged attempts to donald trump of subverting the results of the 2020 elections in the United States, a case dismissed after the Republican’s electoral victory in 2024, he believes in his final report that there was sufficient evidence to convict him.
Part of Smith’s report was sent early this Tuesday to Congress by the Department of Justice, once Judge Aileen Cannon gave the green light to its dissemination, which Trump, who will assume the Presidency on January 20, tried to prevent by judicial actions.
Smith says in his report, already published in the main media in the United States, that he and his collaborators always acted following “the mandate of the law” and concludes that Trump, who was president from 2017 to 2021, carried out “a series of criminal efforts to retain power” after being defeated by today’s president Joe Biden in the November 2020 elections.
The report lists Trump’s alleged attempts to subvert the 2020 election results, including “pressure on state officials”, “fraudulent voters”, “pressure on the vice president” Mike Pence and a section on how groups of Trumpists attacked the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 to prevent Biden’s victory from being certified.
According to the special counsel, who resigned this month, there was enough evidence to convict Trump at trial if his victory in the 2024 election had not made it impossible for the prosecution to proceed.
“The Department’s (Justice) view that the Constitution prohibits the continued impeachment and prosecution of a president is categorical and does not depend on the seriousness of the crimes charged, the strength of the government’s evidence, or the merits of the accusation, which the office fully supports”Smith wrote about the dismissal of the case against Trump.
The prosecutor, whom Trump has accused of witch hunts and politicizing the case, believes that “the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial”.
The part of the report of the other case against Trump that Smith was carrying out and was also dismissed, that of the classified documents found in the now president-elect’s home in Palm Beach (Florida), is still considered confidential and has not been released.
In August 2023, Smith charged Trump in Federal District Court in Washington with three interrelated conspiracy counts aimed at overturning his defeat in the 2020 election.
Smith had to amend the charge in 2024 after the Supreme Court ruled on presidential immunity and ultimately drop it after Trump’s victory in the November election.
The special counsel also filed an indictment against Trump in Florida for illegally withholding classified documents after leaving office and for conspiring with two co-defendants, Waltine Nauta and Carlos DeOliveira, to obstruct government efforts to recover them.
In any case, Trump will be the first president in US history to be convicted of a criminal offense, as he was found guilty and sentenced for illegal payments made in 2016 to porn actress Stormy Daniels so that she would not talk about an alleged relationship. between masters
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