Attorney General Merrick Garland has publicly released special counsel Jack Smith’s report on his investigation into Donald Trump and efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Report says evidence ‘was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction’ had Trump not won re-election in 2024

President-elect Donald Trump would have been convicted of crimes over his failed attempt in order to cling to authority in 2020 but his victory in the last year’s US presidential election, according to the special counsel who investigated him.

Donald Trump's efforts to subvert democracy in the united states of America detailed findings by Jack Smith’s team was released by the Justice Department early on Tuesday.

This is after the attack at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021, Smith was appointed as special counsel to investigate Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. His investigation culminated in a detailed report submitted to the attorney general, Merrick Garland's office.

In the findings, Smith asserts that he believes the evidence would have been sufficient to convict Trump in a trial if his success in the 2024 election had not made it impossible for the prosecution to continue. Read more.