The report, which said the special counsel’s office stood “fully behind” the merits of the prosecution, amounted to an extraordinary rebuke of the president-elect.

Donald Trump would have been convicted of election interference if not for winning re-election, said Jack Smith, special counsel who indicted the former and future president, in his final report.

The evidence wJack Smith’s 137-page report, released overnight less than one week before Trump will be sworn in for a second term as president, is a full-throated justification of his investigation and defense against his myriad critics.

The outgoing attorney general just disclosed all of special counsel Jack Smith's findings surrounding Trump's attempts to hold onto power after losing the 2020 election

In the first volume of his final report, Special Counsel Jack Smith laid out a damning case against the former and future president.

Prosecutors believed they had enough evidence to convict Donald Trump for efforts to overturn the 2020 result before they had to drop the case, Jack Smith said.

The president-elect had plenty of time to come up with a compelling response to the special counsel's findings. He did not spend that time wisely.

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