Jack Smith, the special counsel who once indicted President Donald J. Trump on charges of illegally seeking to retain power after losing the 2020 election, stated in a final report released early Tuesday that the evidence would have been adequate to convict Mr. Trump in a trial, had his victory in the 2024 election not made it impossible for the prosecution to continue. His report amounts to an extraordinary rebuke of the president-elect, culminating a significant legal saga that saw the man poised to regain the nation’s highest office charged with crimes that struck at the heart of American democracy. Despite his resignation as special counsel, his recounting of the case also serves as a reminder of the extensive evidence and detailed account of Mr. Trump’s actions he had compiled.
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