Smith's federal criminal cases against Trump were upended by the election, as the Justice Department's longstanding policy is ...

Special Counsel Jack Smith had not been fired as of Nov. 13, Justice Department spokesperson Peter Carr confirmed nearly a week after publication of a Threads post claiming that he had.

The estimated $60 million funding legal action by the time the President-elect takes office will be a waste of taxpayer cash, ...

Justice Dept. could drop Donald Trump from the classified document appeal but keep his co-defendants, hoping to reverse Judge ...

Looming over Smith’s and Garland’s decisions is the specter the ex-president who is now the incoming president. Trump has ...

“Jack Smith Has Been Fired,” text in the video reads in part. The Threads post received more than 400 likes in five days. A similar version was shared thousands of times on TikTok. Justice ...

The prosecutor who investigated and charged Donald J. Trump plans to finish his report and leave the job before he can be ...

With President-elect Donald Trump now set to take the Oval Office again in January, special prosecutor Jack Smith, who has ...

Special counsel Jack Smith’s Republican critics appear to have reason to celebrate. The Justice Department has a longstanding policy that says a sitting president can’t be prosecuted ...

But behind that lies the grim future the investigations faced: Trump promised during the campaign to fire Smith “in two seconds” if elected; since he won last night, Trump’s allies are ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith plans to step down along with other members of his team before President-elect Donald Trump ...