Special counsel Jack Smith resigned from his position at the Department of Justice on Friday, as confirmed by a reliable source. The resignation had been anticipated since President-elect Trump's election in November and was discreetly announced in a court filing footnote on Saturday.
The note revealed that Smith completed his work and submitted his final confidential report on January 7, 2025, before separating from the Department on January 10. Smith was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland in November 2022 to investigate the 2020 election interference case against Trump, related to Jan. 6 and the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. Previously, in 2017, Smith had served as acting U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee during the first Trump administration.
