DOJ Releases Former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Report

DOJ made public Volume One of former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his now-closed investigations into President Trump. Attorney General Merrick Garland released the first volume, which focuses on the election case against Trump, of Smith’s report on Tuesday at midnight after back-and-forth in the federal court system. The report was released at midnight because that was when the original hold on Volume One expired. An opening letter from Smith, who resigned last week, to Garland said that it is “laughable” that Trump believes the Biden administration, or other political actors, influenced or directed his decisions as a…