Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is overseeing multiple federal prosecutions of Donald Trump, is in talks with the Justice Department (DOJ) to end the prosecutions, multiple outlets reported.
Smith is conducting “active talks” with department leaders on how to close his federal prosecutions of Trump, a Justice official familiar with the matter said, CNN’s Jim Sciutto wrote Wednesday.
“DOJ officials are looking at options for how to wind down Trump’s two criminal cases over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his handling of classified documents,” he continued.
New: Special counsel Jack Smith is in active talks with Justice Department leadership about how to end his federal prosecutions of President Trump, according to a Justice official familiar with the discussions.
DOJ officials are looking at options for how to wind down Trump’s…
— Jim Sciutto…
