The outgoing attorney general just disclosed all of special counsel Jack Smith's findings surrounding Trump's attempts to hold onto power after losing the 2020 election

Donald Trump would have been convicted of election interference if not for winning re-election, said Jack Smith, special counsel who indicted the former and future president, in his final report.

The report, which said the special counsel’s office stood “fully behind” the merits of the prosecution, amounted to an extraordinary rebuke of the president-elect.

Prosecutors believed they had enough evidence to convict Donald Trump for efforts to overturn the 2020 result before they had to drop the case, Jack Smith said.

The Department of Justice early Tuesday released special counsel Jack Smith’s report on his investigation into Donald Trump and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Donald Trump was facing “sufficient” evidence to have been convicted at trial for seeking to overturn the 2020 US presidential election, according to the special counsel who led the case against the president-elect.

A prosecutor says there was enough evidence in the 2020 US election case - but he was scuppered by Trump's win in 2024.

Donald Trump's alleged attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat are laid out in a final report by the special counsel who spent two years investigating him. Much of what is in its 140 pages was already known,