The special counsel will resign before Trump follows through on his vow to fire him.
Special Counsel Jack Smith will wind down his work and resign before Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States, sources close to the prosecutor told The New York Times. Smith is currently handling two cases targeting the former and next president. One case deals with Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified government documents. The other centers around Trump’s alleged attempt to interfere in the 2020 election, leading to a mass pro-Trump protest on Capitol Hill on Jan 06, 2021.
The special counsel plans to complete his work on the cases and then resign before Trump fires him, which the latter said he would do in “two seconds” once he is sworn in as president. Outgoing Attorney General Merrick Garland…
