WASHINGTON — The long-awaited report by U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith offers a detailed account of former President Donald Trump’s attempts to retain power after losing the 2020 election and highlights his deteriorating relationship with Columbus native Vice President Mike Pence in the final weeks of his first administration.

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report on Donald Trump's role in the attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election.has been released.

At least half of the final report could be made public as soon as Tuesday—unless Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon blocks it.

The Justice Department delivered part of special counsel Jack Smith’s report to Congress early Tuesday morning, explaining his charging decisions related to the probe into now-President-elect Donald Trump ’s alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 election leading up to and during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

In a sense, the release now of Smith’s report will simply signify the failure of the effort, over the last four years, of accountability and truth-telling about January 6th. It will be the last gasp, for now, of a lost cause.

Special Counsel Jack Smith said in a report to the US Justice Department that President-elect Donald Trump could have been convicted for trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

FILE - Vice President Mike Pence returns to the House chamber ... WASHINGTON — The long-awaited report by U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith offers a detailed account of former President Donald ...

Special counsel Jack Smith said his team “stood up for the rule of law” as it investigated President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, writing in a much-anticipated report released early Tuesday that he stands fully behind his decision to bring criminal charges he believes would have

Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results is damning, noting he would have been convicted.

Jack Smith wrote that Donald Trump would have been convicted had the case been allowed to proceed and explained why he didn’t pursue charges of incitement of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.

Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report into his investigation of Donald Trump’s 2020 election subversion is an atlas of roads not taken—one to a land where Trump never tried to overturn the election, another where the Justice Department moved more quickly to charge him, and another where the Supreme Court didn’t delay the case into obsolescence.