Fact-Checking Trump’s Justice Dept. Speech on Crime, Immigration and His Cases
The president revived a number of falsehoods he had used on the campaign trail last year, including his lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
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The president revived a number of falsehoods he had used on the campaign trail last year, including his lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
Experts have warned that the president’s efforts threaten the ability of lawyers to do their jobs and private citizens to obtain legal counsel.
Among the items taken from the president’s Florida residence were files that investigators said contained classified material and formed the central evidence in one of the criminal cases against him.
President-elect Donald J. Trump believes he has been wronged by current and former officials, members of the media and more.
The Justice Department now enters a second Trump administration with less authority to pursue a president than it has had in half a century.
“But for Mr. Trump’s election and imminent return to the presidency, the office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial,” the report said.
The report by the special counsel, David C. Weiss, criticized President Biden for making “baseless accusations” that threatened “the integrity of the justice system as a whole.”
Mr. Smith, a special counsel appointed by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, had signaled that he would step down before Donald J. Trump’s inauguration.
But the court left in place an injunction that bars the Justice Department from disclosing the report for another three days.
The president-elect’s defense lawyers accused the special counsel of unethical and improper behavior in his prosecutions of their client. They could be in senior Justice Department roles within weeks.