Trump nemesis Jack Smith resigns from the DOJ | 11 Jan 2025 | Special Counsel Jack Smith resigned from his position on Friday after completing two criminal investigations into President-elect Donald Trump. In a footnote in a motion submitted to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Saturday, it said that Smith had completed his work and separated from the Department on January 10. That motion was urging Cannon not to extend a court order that she issued last week blocking the release of Smith's final report. Lawyers for Trump had persuaded the Trump-appointed judge to block the release of the volume of Smith's report pertaining to their case before her... Once Trump takes office January 20th, his own Justice Department will get to make determinations on whether the report on the classified documents case ever gets released.