Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland in November 2022 to take over two investigations into President-elect Donald Trump, has resigned.

Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice Department after submitting his investigative report on President-elect Trump.

Judge Aileen M. Cannon, a Trump appointee who had dismissed the documents case in its entirety, temporarily barred the Justice Department from releasing Jack Smith’s account of his investigation.

Amid fights over the report from special counsel Jack Smith, a New York appellate judge denied Trump’s request to delay his hush money sentencing.

Attached to the motion was a strident 12-page letter dated Jan. 6, 2025, from Trump’s attorneys to Garland demanding that he halt all efforts to prepare and release Smith’s report, and throwing all manner of arguments, legal and political, into the mix.

This week on Capitol Hill, President-elect Trump’s Cabinet picks faced scrutiny by Senators and among the most anticipated was the questioning of Attorney General hopeful Pam Bondi. Former lead investigator for the January 6 Select Committee Tim Heaphy discusses Bondi’s hearing and special counsel Jack Smith’s final statements on his probes into Trump.

A judge is hearing arguments Friday on whether members of Congress will be permitted to view Jack Smith's final report on Donald Trump's classified documents case.

Six months after a federal judge dismissed special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents case against Donald Trump and his two co-defendants, defense attorneys are set to return to Florida to try