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Special counsel Jack Smith resigned from his position at the Department of Justice Friday, Fox News has learned.
The resignation, which had already been expected since President-elect Trump was elected in November, was quietly announced in the footnote of a court filing Saturday.
“The Special Counsel completed his work and submitted his final confidential report on January 7, 2025, and separated from the Department on January 10,” the note said.
Smith was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland in November 2022 to investigate the 2020 election interference case against Trump related to Jan. 6 and the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. In 2017, Smith served as acting U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee during the first Trump administration.
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In November, special prosecutor Jack Smith requested to dismiss charges he brought against Trump in a case alleging Trump’s interference in the certification of the 2020 election. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The news came as the country waits for Smith’s report on the election interference case to be released. A recent court filing showed Garland plans to release the investigative report soon, possibly before Trump takes office Jan. 20.
On Friday, a judge from a federal appeals court ruled against blocking the release of Smith’s report.
“As I have made clear regarding every Special Counsel who has served since I took office, I am committed to making as much of the Special Counsel’s report public as possible, consistent with legal requirements and Department policy,” Garland wrote in a recent letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and ranking member Jamie Raskin, D-Md.
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Jack Smith speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., in 2023. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty…
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