Jack Smith’s final report on Donald Trump and Jan. 6 released

The special counsel's report criticized Donald Trump's attacks on his investigation and suggested that Trump’s actions warranted prosecution.

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[wolfgangbauer]

Merrick Garland dragged his feet, thereby helping Trump. This report could have been done two years ago. Garland shoulders most of the blame here.

[fswatyahoocom]

well, it is a fact of our country. two sides of our legal system.

[pohjiebarbosa]

There should have been a public trial.

[TheBlanco]

here’s a fun fact: it’s a show. He is not going to prison. Not now, or in the future.

[barrywhitley]

There will come a your eye on your rear view mirror, donnie, the Law is very patience.

[nhanha]

Now he makes face look like we acted evil to put him in jail.

[beverlycornell]

He is unfit for the office of President. Remove him. Save america. Hold him accountable now.

[FBI_Informant]

Trump can't even nominated a general for Sec of Defense? Just a drunk Fox News personality

[science_and_facts_please]

During Donald Trump's presidency, he enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act which resulted in $61 billion in total savings for the top 1%. The wealth accumulation with the top 1% of households increased 1.7%. The poverty rate increased 1.76%.

[oldscribe]

Smith fulfilled his obligation to provide a report to the AG that sets out his reasons for either prosecuting or not prosecuting. Volume 2 will have somewhat similar structure. Smith was concerned to only prosecute 'Mr' Trump, Civilian, and not "President' Trump. This prosecution would have been a slam dunk and Meek Merrick Garland will suffer the barbs of history when history reports he sat on his thumb for two years and did nothing.

[jlopeza]

If Trump pardons Jan 6th prisoners would that be a violation of the insurrection act?

[crotchety-]

Told you it would come out it always does, now come all the books and discussions. So do you think history will be kind or not?

[ch]

Trump never before a president ever done what you and ur gang members did

[MorenikeGO]

And yet this is who y’all elected as president - again.
Shameful and sad.

[erichvonmolder]

So bottom-line, nothing will happen as we all know. Let history judge him, but I'm moving on.

[davewilbur]

All he did was waste taxpayers dollars that’s it !

[valkimura]

Jack Smith revelations on Trump: "Can you believe I lost to that effing guy?", "Jack Smith is a lamebrain!" - Damn, Trump is so honest.

[Truthwillprevail-nv]

“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
Voltaire

[DeAlpineBro]

ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, corporate media et al can be proud that they did your best to end democracy.

[JonathanWFink]

Federal criminal prosecution of Trump for January 6 was an unsound legal strategy from the start. Instead, under their criminal laws, the states affected by Trump's actions should have criminally prosecuted him.

Under Article III of the Constitution, 28 USC secs 1251, 1253, 1331, and 1332, all federal courts are courts of limited jurisdicition. Federal courts are not designed to hear traditional criminal claims. There are no federal criminal statutes for inciting a riot, a public nuissance, etc. Additionally, the SCOTUS ruling on immunity has made the possibility of federal criminal pro even more difficult. Further, the restrictions on DOJ comment about the criminal prosecution of Trump during elections dramatically weakend the opportunities for exposure of his egregious conduct. Perhaps, most significantly, by prosecuting Trump federally, we gave Trump gasoline to pour on the political fires and set ourselves up for failure.

Unlike the federal courts, the founders intended for criminal law to be the province of the states. All the states, along with the District of Columbia, possess statutes that explicitly address Trump's actions on January 6. The state attorney generals woud have been under no restrictions about commenting on the status of the prosecution during the elections of 2022 and 2024. With state court criminal prosecution of Trump, the very real possibility exists that Trump would have been incarcerated before 2024, we would have calmed the political waters, and we would have preserved the integrity of the judicial process.

Therefore, we should have prosecuted Trump in state courts and not federal courts.

Jonathan W. Fink, JD. Biden-Harris and Harris-Waltz Utah Digital Media Co-Coordinator and Western States Volunteer Coordinator