During the election campaign, Mr. Trump had said he would fire the special counsel “in two seconds” after taking office if he won. According to reports in the New York Times and Washington Post, which cited sources familiar with his intentions, however, the veteran prosecutor does not intend to give him that satisfaction, he will have resigned before January 20.
In the US, there are generally no criminal investigations of the sitting president; this is an unwritten tradition of the Justice Department. The head of state’s criminal immunity was further extended following a recent decision by the federal Supreme Court.
Jack Smith has asked a Florida court to give him until Oct. 2 to consider the “unprecedented circumstances” in one of the cases he is handling, Politico and Fox News reported, citing filings.
Donald Trump was facing criminal charges in Florida for illegally possessing classified public documents and obstructing justice in the investigation into the case. In July, Mr. Smith filed a motion to reopen the proceedings, which had been suspended by a judge’s order. However, already before being re-elected to the presidency, Mr. Trump, it was not at all clear whether or how the process would resume.
The 45th and soon-to-be 47th president of the United States was facing concurrent criminal charges in Washington for his role in the deadly attack by his supporters on the federal Capitol on January 6, 2021, and his efforts to overturn the outcome of the November 2020 presidential election. case, Mr. Smith will brief the court on the continuation of the case by December 2.
Yesterday Wednesday, Mr. Trump announced that he would replace outgoing Attorney General Merrick Garland with far-right Republican Rep. Matt Gates — the latter also faced a criminal investigation (human trafficking, underage sex), but the Justice Department decided not to prosecute.
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