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More about the insurrection and the second report by Jack Smith (volume 2), the release of which is being blocked by the Trump regime. Scroll through it if you like and read the part in bold.
From the Grauniad:
Democrats are pressing Merrick Garland, the US attorney general, to use his last days in office to release the second volume of the special counsel’s report about Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents.
The demand comes after the justice department this week published the first part of Jack Smith’s report, which looked at the president-elect’s attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, including inciting a violent mob to attack the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.
That report concluded that Trump would have faced probable conviction had he not won the 2024 election, after which Smith – who resigned last week – dropped the case against him.
“It is in the public interest for the Department of Justice to expeditiously release the second volume of special counsel Smith’s report so the American people have as full an accounting as possible of Donald Trump’s lawless and criminal conduct,” said Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House of Representatives’ judiciary committee.
Smith (despite resigning) is still pursuing this matter and requesting the files from the DOJ. The DOJ has 3 options - to deny the files exist (a very shaky premise indeed) or release them or block the release. All options are sketchy and if the latter happens, the DOJ will face more allegations of cover ups.
Smith has formerly requested the release of the files from his reports which is a smart move as it puts the DOJ in a catch 22 predicament.
From the Grauniad:
Democrats are pressing Merrick Garland, the US attorney general, to use his last days in office to release the second volume of the special counsel’s report about Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents.
The demand comes after the justice department this week published the first part of Jack Smith’s report, which looked at the president-elect’s attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, including inciting a violent mob to attack the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.
That report concluded that Trump would have faced probable conviction had he not won the 2024 election, after which Smith – who resigned last week – dropped the case against him.
“It is in the public interest for the Department of Justice to expeditiously release the second volume of special counsel Smith’s report so the American people have as full an accounting as possible of Donald Trump’s lawless and criminal conduct,” said Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House of Representatives’ judiciary committee.
Smith (despite resigning) is still pursuing this matter and requesting the files from the DOJ. The DOJ has 3 options - to deny the files exist (a very shaky premise indeed) or release them or block the release. All options are sketchy and if the latter happens, the DOJ will face more allegations of cover ups.
Smith has formerly requested the release of the files from his reports which is a smart move as it puts the DOJ in a catch 22 predicament.
