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The Jack Smith Report: Final Report on Efforts to Interfere with the Lawful Transfer of Power Following the 2020 Presidential Election by Donald Trump and Others
The full, unexpurgated final report of special prosecutor Jack Smith, regarding his two-year investigation of Donald Trump for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The evidence from the investigation includes grand jury testimony from 55 witnesses, interviews by Smith’s criminal investigators with over 250 people, photographs, information from electronic devices and online records—including Trump’s social media account—and more.
“Our work rested upon the fundamental value of our democracy that we exist as ‘a government of laws, and not of men . . .’ Simply the Department of Justice’s guiding mandate, which my Office strove to uphold, is that power, politics, influence, status, wealth, fear, and favor should not impede justice under the law . . . My Office had one north to follow the facts and law wherever they led. Nothing more and nothing less . . . But for Mr. Trump’s election and imminent return to the Presidency, the Office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial.”
—From Jack Smith’s Cover Letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland
The Jack Smith Report continues Melville House's "tradition of publishing pivotal public documents."—The New York Times
The evidence from the investigation includes grand jury testimony from 55 witnesses, interviews by Smith’s criminal investigators with over 250 people, photographs, information from electronic devices and online records—including Trump’s social media account—and more.
“Our work rested upon the fundamental value of our democracy that we exist as ‘a government of laws, and not of men . . .’ Simply the Department of Justice’s guiding mandate, which my Office strove to uphold, is that power, politics, influence, status, wealth, fear, and favor should not impede justice under the law . . . My Office had one north to follow the facts and law wherever they led. Nothing more and nothing less . . . But for Mr. Trump’s election and imminent return to the Presidency, the Office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial.”
—From Jack Smith’s Cover Letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland
The Jack Smith Report continues Melville House's "tradition of publishing pivotal public documents."—The New York Times
170 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 11, 2025
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February 28, 2025
I read some of this when this came out earlier in the year. When it was announced that it would be published by a small publisher, I wanted to support that. And have a copy in the event it is purged later in DT's purge of anything that is critical of him.
As someone who is fairly politically engaged. I get my news from a wide variety of local, national, and international sources. I do periodically check out what is on Fox, Newsmax, OAN to see/hear/read whatbullshit things are being put out there. And I am the record here (even though I live in a deeply red state) of where I stand on DT, Musk & his DOGE goons, all of DT cabinet picks, and the spineless elected officials who rubber stamped it. Risch, Crapo, and Simpson all know I personally despise what is going down in DC.
Back to this.
Bottom line is the Special counsel's investigation found sufficient evidence to convict Donald Trump in a trial for his election subversion crimes. There is more than enough here and I am so angry, frustrated that he will never stand trial for it. Or see jail time.
I think those who don't care or have an opinion would feel differently if they picked this up. I'm not saying you would need to read all of it, but Special Counsel Jack Smith's letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and the results of the investigation would be the sections to read if you didn't want to read the whole thing. Sadly, I don't think this would make a difference to MAGA and change minds there.
Melville House Publishing is also publishing the DOJ's report on the Tulsa massacre of 1921.
As someone who is fairly politically engaged. I get my news from a wide variety of local, national, and international sources. I do periodically check out what is on Fox, Newsmax, OAN to see/hear/read what
Back to this.
Bottom line is the Special counsel's investigation found sufficient evidence to convict Donald Trump in a trial for his election subversion crimes. There is more than enough here and I am so angry, frustrated that he will never stand trial for it. Or see jail time.
I think those who don't care or have an opinion would feel differently if they picked this up. I'm not saying you would need to read all of it, but Special Counsel Jack Smith's letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and the results of the investigation would be the sections to read if you didn't want to read the whole thing. Sadly, I don't think this would make a difference to MAGA and change minds there.
Melville House Publishing is also publishing the DOJ's report on the Tulsa massacre of 1921.
January 20, 2025
This is going to be an important document in the future. It will be interesting to see what is written about this time in the history books of the future
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May 16, 2025There's a lot of there there.
A very readable summary of the investigation and evidence that D. T**8p was guilty of many crimes and was only spared consequences by managing to get reelected.
He and co-conspirators tricked many of the false electors into their actions -- people who thought their elector votes would only count if all due diligence had been followed and the court so ordered.
Retaliation against and intimidation of those who thwarted him by following the law and by testifying truthfully about him.
Quotes:
"It bears emphasis that Mr. Trump's knowing deceit was pervasive throughout the charged conspiracies."
"As set forth above, the Office concluded that Mr. Trump's conduct violated several federal criminal statutes and that the admissible evidence would be sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction."
"Mr. Trump's prosecution served multiple federal interests, including the federal interest in the integrity of the United States' process for collecting, counting, and certifying presidential elections, and in a peaceful and orderly transition of presidential power; the federal interest in ensuring that every citizens' vote is counted; the federal interest in protecting public officials and government workers from violence; and the federal interest in the fair and even-handed enforcement of the law."
"The January 6 rioters assaulted at least 140 law enforcement officers that day, and at least 123 defendants have been charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious bodily injury..."
"A significant challenge that the Office faced after Mr. Trump's indictment was his ability and willingness to use his influence and following on social media to target witnesses, courts, and Department employees, which required the Office to engage in time-consuming litigation to protect witnesses from threats and harassment."
A very readable summary of the investigation and evidence that D. T**8p was guilty of many crimes and was only spared consequences by managing to get reelected.
He and co-conspirators tricked many of the false electors into their actions -- people who thought their elector votes would only count if all due diligence had been followed and the court so ordered.
Retaliation against and intimidation of those who thwarted him by following the law and by testifying truthfully about him.
Quotes:
"It bears emphasis that Mr. Trump's knowing deceit was pervasive throughout the charged conspiracies."
"As set forth above, the Office concluded that Mr. Trump's conduct violated several federal criminal statutes and that the admissible evidence would be sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction."
"Mr. Trump's prosecution served multiple federal interests, including the federal interest in the integrity of the United States' process for collecting, counting, and certifying presidential elections, and in a peaceful and orderly transition of presidential power; the federal interest in ensuring that every citizens' vote is counted; the federal interest in protecting public officials and government workers from violence; and the federal interest in the fair and even-handed enforcement of the law."
"The January 6 rioters assaulted at least 140 law enforcement officers that day, and at least 123 defendants have been charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious bodily injury..."
"A significant challenge that the Office faced after Mr. Trump's indictment was his ability and willingness to use his influence and following on social media to target witnesses, courts, and Department employees, which required the Office to engage in time-consuming litigation to protect witnesses from threats and harassment."
March 22, 2025
I purchased this book when I saw it in my local bookstore with similar motivation another reviewer expressed. It is not unthinkable that the Trump administration will do everything within its power to obscure truth regarding his criminal investigations, including eradicating the public record of special counsel reports. In the addendum, a letter from a counsel to DT explicitly expresses that the report should not be made public.
It’s an excellent read and very comprehensible to the legal layman. I highly recommend this non partisan account of Donald Trump’s unlawful behavior leading up to and following Jan 6, 2020.
It’s an excellent read and very comprehensible to the legal layman. I highly recommend this non partisan account of Donald Trump’s unlawful behavior leading up to and following Jan 6, 2020.
March 23, 2025
Wow! Clearly an extensive investigation unfortunately interrupted and abrupted halted.
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