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Jack Smith’s damning verdict on Trump prosecution finally revealed

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Jack Smith’s Damning Verdict On Trump Prosecution Finally Revealed

Jack Smith says he had “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that President Donald Trump illegally tried to overturn the 2020 election and hid classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.

The revelation was part of a damning deposition released Wednesday by the House Judiciary Committee, which held a closed-door meeting with Trump’s former special prosecutor earlier this month.

Smith, 56, further alleged that his prosecutors “developed powerful evidence that showed that President Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office” in 2021 and stored them in a bathroom and ballroom in his South Florida estate. Jack Smith stood behind his team’s discovery of boxes of classified documents that were found stuffed in a Mar-a-Lago ballroom and bathroom. / U.S. Justice Department via Reuters

Jack Smith stood behind his team’s discovery of boxes of classified documents that were found stuffed in a Mar-a-Lago ballroom and bathroom. / U.S. Justice Department via Reuters

“The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine, but the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions,” he said.

Smith’s pair of federal probes—a classified documents case in Florida, and an electoral obstruction case in Washington, D.C.—were ultimately dropped when Trump won the 2024 election. Expand article logo Continue reading

The 79-year-old president has slammed the probes a “witch hunt,” but Smith maintains that Trump would have been convicted had the cases gone to trial. Special Counsel Jack Smith was appointed in November 2022 to oversee investigations into the Jan. 6 attack and the Trump classified documents case. / Alex Wong / Alex Wong/Getty Images

Special Counsel Jack Smith was appointed in November 2022 to oversee investigations into the Jan. 6 attack and the Trump classified documents case. / Alex Wong / Alex Wong/Getty Images