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Jack Smith's Jan. 6 report says Trump would have been convicted without winning reelection
Special Counsel Jack Smith released the second volume of his final report, focused specifically on the January 6 Capitol attack and Trump's role in inciting it. Smith concluded that the government's evidence showed Trump deliberately used the violence of January 6 to create additional pressure on Congress to reject certified electoral votes. The report detailed how Trump ignored pleas from advisors, watched the attack unfold for hours, and deployed tweets that inflamed rather than calmed the crowd.