Special counsel report found Trump engaged in 'criminal effort' to overturn 2020 election


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  • Tuesday, 14 Jan 2025

FILE PHOTO: Special Counsel Jack Smith arrives to make a statement to reporters about the 37 federal charges returned by a grand jury in an indictment of former U.S. President Donald Trump on charges of unauthorized retention of classified documents and conspiracy to obstruct justice at Smith' offices in Washington, U.S. June 9, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

(Reuters) - Special Counsel Jack Smith found President-elect Donald Trump engaged in an unprecedented criminal effort to overturn his 2020 election defeat, according to a report released by the Department of Justice on Tuesday.

Smith, who resigned in the wake of Trump's election victory in November, also found charges could be justified against Trump's co-conspirators but reached no final conclusions, according to the report.

(Reporting by Lincoln Feast in Sydney; Editing by Tom Hogue)

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