Trump's 2024 Election Win Spares Him From 'Conviction' In January 6 Case, Special Counsel Says: 'Admissible Evidence Was Sufficient'

President-elect Donald Trump may have saved himself from a conviction in the 2020 election case by winning the 2024 presidential election.

That's the key point from the final report released Tuesday from special counsel Jack Smith, who recently resigned from his role.

What Happened: A case that alleged Trump attempted to reverse the 2020 election outcome is one of several that will go away after Trump's 2024 election win.

Special counsel Jack Smith said in his report that while Trump's case will go away, it is only his return to the White House that kept him from being convicted, as reported by Politico.

"The admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction," Smith wrote in the report.

The Justice Department was forced to shut down the prosecution of Trump after he won the election, Smith said.

"The Department's view that the Constitution prohibits the continued indictment and prosecution of a President is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the Government's proof, or the merits of the prosecution."

The second part of Smith's report, which details classified documents held at Mar-a-Lago and details on how Trump allegedly obstructed the investigation, has been withheld by the Justice Department under court order.

While many parts of Smith's report have been made public through indictments and court filings, the comments from Smith on his confidence in having the evidence to convict Trump are new and the latest in the battle between the incoming president and the Justice Department.

Smith's report, which includes evidence from interviews and transcripts, alleges Trump tried to stay in power with a scheme of spreading false claims of election fraud to the public after losing the 2020 election.

After gaining public support, Trump then pushed on his Republican allies in Congress to contest and overturn the results, the report says.

Cases against Trump faced multiple delays as he ran for president in the 2024 election. The Supreme Court ruled that Trump had partial immunity from prosecution for most of his acts while in the White House.

Trump was recently given an "unconditional discharge" sentence in his New York hush money case after previously being found guilty of felonies for falsified business records.

Trump will be a convicted felon when sworn into office on Monday, Jan. 20.

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Late-Night Release Angers Trump: Smith's report was released in the early hours Tuesday, leading Trump, who tried to keep the report private, to lash out on social media.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon said she could keep the classified documents case information private, but was not able to keep the 2020 election case private, according to an order that came after 11 p.m. Monday night.

Following the Tuesday morning release of Smith's report, Trump took to Truth Social to share his thoughts.

"Deranged Jack Smith was unable to successfully prosecute the Political Opponent of his ‘boss,' Crooked Joe Biden, so he ends up writing yet another ‘Report,'" Trump wrote.

The president-elect also alleged that evidence that showed his innocence was "illegally destroyed and deleted."

Trump went on to call Smith "a lamebrain prosecutor."

Using a rally cry similar to his reaction to the hush money case sentencing, Trump said "the voters have spoken" with his landslide victory in the 2024 election.

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