Special counsel Jack Smith resigned from the Justice Department on Friday, bookending his legal saga against President-elect Donald Trump. 

Mr. Smith announced his resignation from the agency in a court filing with U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon.

“The Special Counsel completed his work and submitted his final confidential report on January 7, 2025, and separated from the Department on January 10,” a footnote on the filing read. 

Mr. Smith urged Judge Cannon not to extend her injunction on the release of his final report against Mr. Trump, which was put in place earlier this week. The special counsel moved to dismiss his case against Mr. Trump but collected his findings in one final report. 

That report focuses on the probes Mr. Smith ran against Mr. Trump, including investigations into his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his decision to store classified materials at his Mar-a-Lago residence after he left office.

Mr. Trump and his lawyers have sought to bury the report, arguing that its release is designed to cause political harm to the president-elect and that it would run afoul of the Presidential Transition Act and Presidential Immunity Doctrine.

Judge Cannon decided to enjoin the release of the report while the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit reviewed an emergency request from Mr. Trump’s co-defendants, who said the release would cause them irreparable harm.

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