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Trump ‘Would Have Been Convicted Had He Not Been Elected’: Attorney Smith’s Report Says ‘Insufficient Evidence’

A Justice Department report to Congress says “there was sufficient admissible evidence” to convict Trump, but his 2024 reelection has stalled the investigation. Trump responds: “The prosecutor is a lunatic”

Trump ‘Would Have Been Convicted Had He Not Been Elected’: Attorney Smith’s Report Says ‘Insufficient Evidence’

Il President-elect Donald Trump he would have been condemned for trying to illegally subvert the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, which he lost to Joe Biden, if he had not been re-elected in 2024. This is what emerges from a report by Justice Department, transmitted to Congress and drafted by the Special Prosecutor Jacks Smith. According to the document, “the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial.” However, Trump’s re-election put an end to the investigation: the Constitution, in fact, prohibits prosecuting a sitting president.

Smith, appointed special prosecutor in 2022 to ensure impartiality in such a sensitive investigation, recently left the post. Special prosecutors are chosen precisely to avoid conflicts of interest in high-profile cases. Among the charges moves against Trump include the illegal retention of confidential documents at his residence in Mar-a-Lago and the conspiracy to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election.

Trump Rejects Charges, Attacks Attorney Smith

Ready to return to the White House on January 20, Trump suffered rejected the charges, calling Smith “unbalanced” and his conclusions “false.” On his social Truth, the tycoon doubled down: “Smith failed to successfully prosecute his ‘boss’ political opponent, ‘corrupt Joe Biden’, and so ended up writing another ‘Report’ based on information that the ‘unelected Committee of Goons and Thugs’ ‘illegally destroyed and deleted, because it showed how totally innocent I was’ and how totally guilty Nancy Pelosi and others were”. “The voters have spoken!!!” concluded Trump, who, let us remember, was criminally convicted in porn star Stormy Daniels case.

The content of the report

Il relationship by Smith, 137 pages long, reconstructs a series of "unprecedented efforts" put in place by Trump to maintain power. The document describes pressures on state officials, the spread of falsehoods about alleged electoral fraud and the instrumental use of theassault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Among the more controversial strategies, Smith highlights how Trump and his allies convinced some Republican officials to sign false electoral certificates, which were then used to try to block Congress’ certification. “The common thread throughout Trump’s criminal efforts has been deception: knowingly false claims about election fraud,” the report notes.

Despite the seriousness of the charges, the Justice Department had to close the investigation, quoting the constitutional principle is prohibits indicting a sitting presidentThe report states: “The Department’s position that the Constitution prohibits the continued impeachment and prosecution of a president is categorical and does not depend on the seriousness of the crimes alleged, the strength of the evidence, or the merits of the charges, which the office fully supports.”

La publication of the relationship was partial: the second section, still secret, concerns the charges of illegal possession of classified documents. Judge Aileen Cannon – who paved the way for the first part to be released – has scheduled a hearing to decide whether to make it public. Meanwhile, Trump’s return to the White House is imminent, but the contents of the Smith report remain a heavy shadow over the return of the most controversial president in recent American history.

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