Jack Smith put out a report Tuesday about his investigation into Donald Trump and the 2020 election. The report says Trump spread lies about the election being stolen and that Smith thinks Trump knew those claims were false. Smith believes this was a pattern of dishonesty by Trump that tried to weaken the government. The investigation looked to see if Trump did anything criminal that he should be charged for.
Smith’s report makes it clear that his team focused on the law throughout. He defends his choice to charge Trump with crimes saying he thinks he could have won the case if things were different. The report talks about the investigation team and their work to study Trump’s actions to keep his power after losing the election. This involved looking at all the claims about the election which Smith said were simply not true.
The big point of the report is about why Trump did these things. Smith says Trump’s goal was to hurt the federal government by spreading these false claims. The report says all the actions Trump took came from his effort to deceive people. Smith thinks Trump tried to change the outcome of the election on purpose and undermine how democracy works.