President Donald Trump has thrown the Justice Department's Jan. 6 Capitol riot prosecutions out the window. But a week before Trump became president, the Department essentially did the same to its

A former war crimes prosecutor, Smith was appointed in November 2022 – nearly two years after the US Capitol attack.

Smith led the federal cases against Donald Trump on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat and mishandling of classified documents. Trump suggested he might seek retribution.

The special counsel's report concludes the criminal investigation that brought charges against a former president for the first time.

Released around 1 a.m. Tuesday—less than a week before Trump’s inauguration—the document takes aim at Trump’s and his lawyers’ contention that the end of Smith’s prosecution amounts to the “complete exoneration” of the president-elect. Trump wants Americans to believe his return to power means he didn’t commit federal crimes.

The filing by Special Counsel Jack Smith to the 11th United States Appeals Circuit of an emergency motion for summary reversal of Judge Aileen Cannon’s order blocking the release of his final report is an aggressive finale to years of frustrated prosecutions.

In a last rebuke to the former president he investigated for two years, special counsel Jack Smith denounced Donald Trump for levying "laughable" attacks on the DOJ.

Early Tuesday morning, six days before Donald Trump will once again take the office of President of the United ... Justice Department Friday, and the report Tuesday morning. "Deranged Jack Smith ...

Trump’s election interference judge says his Jan 6 pardons can’t ‘whitewash blood, feces, and terror’ - Judges who presided over riot cases deliver blistering rebukes and warn against Trump’s revision

Donald Trump granted pardons his supporters who stormed the Capitol to halt congressional certification of Joe Biden's election victory.

Three federal judges on Wednesday strongly condemned President Donald Trump's sweeping pardons of supporters who stormed the US Capitol four years ago in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election.