FEDERAL officials have opened an investigation into Jack Smith, the former special counsel who investigated then-candidate Donald Trump before his reelection to a second term.
The Office of Special Counsel, an independent federal agency, on Saturday confirmed the investigation.
Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to members of the media at the US Department of Justice building in Washington, DC[/caption]
Donald Trump has ripped prosecutor Jack Smith after his election interference report was released[/caption]
Smith believes Trump would’ve been convicted had he lost the 2024 election[/caption]
Trump was slapped with a federal indictment in 2023 over allegations he tried to overturn the 2020 election.
It was one of four indictments leveled against the president-elect after he left office in 2021.
Trump was charged with conspiracy to defraud the US, obstruction and conspiracy to obstruct, and conspiracy against rights.
The case never made it to trial before the presidential election and was subsequently dropped following Trump’s victory.
However, Smith’s findings were published just one week before Trump’s inauguration, when he will be sworn in as the 47th president.
Smith’s report claimed Trump tried to retain power after losing to Biden by “using fraud and deceit.”
He also claimed Trump pressured election officials at the state level in a desperate bid to try and change the results.
Trump was also said to have pressured then vice-president Mike Pence, who was President of the Senate, to change the election result, according to the report.
Smith revealed that his team had “admissible evidence,” which he believes would’ve helped them get a conviction against Trump – had he not won the 2024 election.
“The department’s view that the Constitution prohibits the continued indictment and prosecution of a president is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the government’s proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the office stands fully behind,” the report said.
Trump vehemently denied any allegations of election interference following his indictment.
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