{"id":8640,"date":"2025-01-13T12:11:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T17:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=8640"},"modified":"2025-01-13T12:11:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T17:11:05","slug":"special-counsel-jack-smith-officially-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/special-counsel-jack-smith-officially-resigns\/njackson\/2025\/01\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Counsel Jack Smith Officially Resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Special Counsel Jack Smith resigned from the Department of Justice on Friday, days after finishing his criminal investigations into President-elect Donald Trump and ahead of his inauguration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a footnote in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25485034-usacannon011125\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">court filing<\/a>\u00a0sent to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Saturday afternoon, Smith concluded his investigations on Tuesday and would depart from the DOJ on Friday. 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