A former war crimes prosecutor, Smith was appointed in November 2022 – nearly two years after the US Capitol attack.
The Florida jurist finds ‘no historical precedent’ for plan to release a special counsel’s dossier while a case is ongoing.
Despite the challenges faced, Judge Aileen Cannon has allowed the Justice Department to release part one of special counsel's final report.
The first part of former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on his now-closed investigations into President-elect Trump was released Tuesday, days before he will be sworn into office.
The special counsel's report concludes the criminal investigation that brought charges against a former president for the first time.
In a last rebuke to the former president he investigated for two years, special counsel Jack Smith denounced Donald Trump for levying "laughable" attacks on the DOJ.
Smith's report provides new details about election-interference charges against Trump, says he believes election victory saved him from conviction.
Jack Smith, the special counsel who led two federal cases against Donald Trump, has left the United States Department of Justice before the Republican president-elect is inaugurated on January 20 ...
Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday blocked the release of former special counsel Jack Smith’s report into President Donald Trump’s now-defunct classified documents case, raising the odds it will ever
On the second day of his presidency, Donald Trump secured yet another victory from his ally Judge Aileen Cannon.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has denied the Department of Justice’s request to share Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on his investigation into Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents with Congress.