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Who is Jack Smith?

Jack Smith is an American career prosecutor appointed as special counsel in the Justice Department in November 2022 to investigate possible criminal activities by former U.S. president Donald Trump. He secured two grand jury indictments against Trump, but in January 2025, just days before Trump took office for the second time, Smith issued his final report and submitted his resignation from the Justice Department.