NYT: Smith To Resign Ahead Of Trump Taking Office

The New York Times reports:

Jack Smith, the special counsel who pursued two federal prosecutions of Donald J. Trump, plans to finish his work and resign along with other members of his team before Mr. Trump takes office in January, people familiar with his plans said.

Mr. Smith’s goal, they said, is to not leave any significant part of his work for others to complete and to get ahead of the president-elect’s promise to fire him within “two seconds” of being sworn in.

Mr. Smith, who since taking office two years ago has operated under the principle that not even a powerful ex-president is above the law, now finds himself on the defensive as he rushes to wind down a pair of complex investigations slowed by the courts and ultimately made moot by Mr. Trump’s electoral victory.

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JACK SMITH TO RESIGN

I don’t blame Jack Smith for resigning, but if history books are honest, they will not be kind to Merrick Garland.

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— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) November 13, 2024