Trump, Calling Jack Smith an ‘Out-of-Control Private Citizen,’ Moves To Block Special Counsel’s Final Report

President-elect and his employees both mount last minute efforts to block a report that doubles as the special counsel’s swan song.

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Special Counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks at the Department of Justice on August 1, 2023, at Washington, D.C. Alex Wong/Getty Images

President-elect Trump and his co-defendants’ double barreled request — to both the Department of Justice and a federal judge — to block Special Counsel Jack Smith’s final report in the 45th president’s classified documents case marks the final act in the prosecutor’s tumultuous tenure.

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