President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Justice Department -- former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi -- appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Smith's report provides new details about election-interference charges against Trump, says he believes election victory saved him from conviction.
The report on federal charges against Trump for election interference in 2020 offers special counsel Jack Smith a last chance to explain his decisions after dropping the case.
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his dueling criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump.
Smith led the federal cases against Donald Trump on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat and mishandling of classified documents. Trump suggested he might seek retribution.
Even after the resignation of the special counsel, the Florida jurist resists releasing his summation of the classified documents prosecution.
Special counsel Jack Smith turned in his final report to Attorney General Merrick Garland and departed the Department of Justice on Saturday, but whether the public will be able to access the report remains uncertain.
The Justice Department now enters a second Trump administration with less authority to pursue a president than it has had in half a century.
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