Jack Smith's report says prosecutors could have convicted Trump had his election win not prevented the case from proceeding.

On the second day of his presidency, Donald Trump secured yet another victory from his ally Judge Aileen Cannon.

Trump ‘inspired his supporters to commit acts of physical violence’ on January 6 using false claims he knew to be untrue, says just-released report on his attempts to upend the 2020 presidential elect

The evidence wJack Smith’s 137-page report, released overnight less than one week before Trump will be sworn in for a second term as president, is a full-throated justification of his investigation and defense against his myriad critics.

The Justice Department has released Volume One of special counsel Jack Smith's final report, detailing his election interference investigation into Donald Trump.

In a long-awaited report, the former special counsel argued that Trump would have been convicted in his election subversion case if he hadn’t won the election.

Read special counsel Jack Smith’s findings in full - Trump ‘inspired his supporters to commit acts of physical violence’ on 6 January using false claims he knew to be untrue, report says

Trump has long criticized the two outstanding federal legal proceedings against him, of which Smith was at the helm. Here’s what to know about Smith and the investigations.

The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to move swiftly in reversing a judge’s order that had blocked the agency from releasing any part of special counsel Jack Smith’s investigative report on Donald Trump.

While Trump had campaigned on ending the Ukraine war “within 24 hours of taking office,” he has since walked back that pledge. Trump told reporters that the war “should have never started,” putting the blame on former President Joe Biden. “If you had a competent president, which you didn’t, the war wouldn’t’ve happened,” he said.

He did not offer clear details on what he would replace it with, but indicated he wants to move more of the disaster management responsibility to the states.

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