Jack Smith plans to step down as special counsel before Trump takes office

Jack Smith, the special counsel who pursued two federal prosecutions of Donald Trump, plans to finish his work and resign along with other members of his team before Mr. Trump takes office in January, The New York Times reports.

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[winstonsmith]

MSDNC played a very large role in getting Trump reelected... we'll see if there's massive layoffs at this network.

[turdferguson]

Democrat vote totals for the last six elections:

2004 Kerry - 59M
2008 Obama - 69.5M
2012 Obama - 65.9M
2016 Clinton - 65.9M
2020 Biden - 81.3M
2024 Harris - 66.4M

Notice anything fishy?

[cryptidnomad]

A rat fleeing a sinking ship comes to mind

[StoneDeprado-etwz]

MSNDNC IS GOING DOWN! NO MORE PROPAGANDA

[Duude]

“We got him now! Any day now, Trump will be in prison!”. Right?

[BrattyBetty]

"Every failed coup is just practice" - Alex Henderson - Alternet

[Thegoldenageusa]

Turn on the lights and watch the roaches scatter 😂😂

[CQV]

We will get him, the Walls are closing on him !!!! 🤣

[scottyp]

But they told me Trump was going to prison. Winning!

[BluePlanet]

Like he wasn’t going to get fired if he tried to stay.

[MusicMike]

Thanks to MSNBC and their passionate viewers for making this landslide victory possible ✌🏽

[jeddred-em]

blame merritt garland for taking too long

[wiz_kid]

He was never responsible for January 6th. I can't wait until this network is off the air

[dougsholly]

If either of these cases were legitimate, he would would stay until Trump fired him. But he knows that we're about to find out just how bogus this all was, and he is running scared.

[americanpatriot]

Looks like trump got jsmith instead. LOL

[markusfredscholl]

Your politics is just a TV show non-stop... but it has become a very boring and predictable format.

[kathywyze]

His work has the same fate as Robert Mueller...oh so sad...how much did this cost???

[cap]

Maybe he can get a job at CNN……Oh Waite….. they’re laying off.

[americanpatriot]

We've been trying to tell you all along this would happen.

[alooga]

Joy Reid is also on the chopping block.😂