https://www.scmp.com/rss/522824/feed The latest news and top stories on Jack Smith, an American prosecutor. He was appointed Special Counsel in November 2022 to lead high-profile investigations into former US President Donald Trump, focusing on the retention of classified documents and efforts to overturn the 2020 election. He previously served as head of the US Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section, prosecuting corruption cases, and held roles at the International Criminal Court and as chief prosecutor for the Kosovo... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Reuters Reuters Newly released records in the ⁠now-dismissed classified documents case against US President Donald Trump raise fresh concerns over national security risks and potential private business motivations, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee said. The records, handed over by the US Department of Justice as part of the Republican-led panel’s investigation into former US Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigations into Trump, show FBI investigators said in a 2023 memo that the classified... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347915/new-records-trump-documents-case-raise-concerns-over-business-conflict-us-lawmaker?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347915/new-records-trump-documents-case-raise-concerns-over-business-conflict-us-lawmaker?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:29:59 +0000 Reuters Reuters A US judge permanently barred the Justice Department on Monday from releasing a prosecutor’s report on the criminal case accusing US President Donald Trump of unlawfully retaining classified documents following his first term in office. Florida-based US District Judge Aileen Cannon found that releasing the report would be a “manifest injustice” to the Republican president and two ‌former associates who were charged alongside him because it would detail substantial allegations of criminal... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344380/us-judge-permanently-blocks-release-report-trump-classified-documents-case?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344380/us-judge-permanently-blocks-release-report-trump-classified-documents-case?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:47:49 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Former special counsel Jack Smith defended his prosecution of Donald Trump on Thursday with Republican critics in the US Congress, citing overwhelming evidence that he led a “criminal scheme” to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Although Smith, who led two failed prosecutions against Trump, never got his day in court, the televised hearing before the House Judiciary Committee provided the opportunity he has long sought to make his case to the American public. A veteran federal... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340901/trump-engaged-criminal-scheme-overturn-election-ex-special-counsel?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340901/trump-engaged-criminal-scheme-overturn-election-ex-special-counsel?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:02:11 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers in a closed-door interview on Wednesday that his team of investigators “developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that US President Donald Trump had criminally conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to portions of his opening statement obtained by Associated Press. He also said investigators had accrued “powerful evidence” that Trump broke the law by hoarding classified documents from his first term... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336829/jack-smith-tells-us-lawmakers-his-team-had-proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt-against-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336829/jack-smith-tells-us-lawmakers-his-team-had-proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt-against-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:04:55 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg A US federal appeal court found that a Florida federal judge had been too slow in resolving months-old requests to lift her order blocking full disclosure of a US Justice Department report on the criminal investigations into US President Donald Trump and gave her 60 days to act. In a brief, unsigned ruling on Monday, a three-judge panel said US District Judge Aileen Cannon had yet to deal with motions filed in February by two liberal-leaning advocacy groups seeking the second volume of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3331400/court-says-judge-too-slow-deciding-ex-special-counsel-jack-smiths-trump-report?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3331400/court-says-judge-too-slow-deciding-ex-special-counsel-jack-smiths-trump-report?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Nov 2025 22:31:26 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Donald Trump ran on a promise to use the powers of the government for revenge against those he believed wronged him. He now appears to be fulfilling that campaign promise while threatening to expand his powers well beyond Washington. On Friday, the FBI searched the home of John Bolton, Trump’s first-term national security adviser-turned-critic, who last week in an interview called the administration “the retribution presidency”. Trump’s team has opened investigations of Democrat Letitia James,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322946/trump-ran-promise-revenge-hes-making-good-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322946/trump-ran-promise-revenge-hes-making-good-it?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Aug 2025 19:12:46 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The FBI on Friday searched the Maryland home and Washington office of former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton as part of a criminal investigation into the potential mishandling of classified information, a person familiar with the matter said. Bolton was not detained and has not been charged with any crimes, said the person, who was not authorised to discuss the investigation by name and spoke on the condition of anonymity. Messages left with a spokesperson for Bolton... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322867/fbi-searches-home-ex-trump-national-security-adviser-bolton-classified-documents-probe?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322867/fbi-searches-home-ex-trump-national-security-adviser-bolton-classified-documents-probe?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Aug 2025 12:01:26 +0000 Reuters Reuters The US Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the eldest daughter of former FBI director James Comey and the federal prosecutor in the cases involving Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell and music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. James Comey was fired by US President Donald Trump during his first term in the White House, and he is currently under investigation along with former CIA director John Brennan. Trump has previously attacked... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318517/trumps-justice-department-fires-ex-fbi-chief-comeys-daughter-federal-prosecutor?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318517/trumps-justice-department-fires-ex-fbi-chief-comeys-daughter-federal-prosecutor?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Jul 2025 03:12:36 +0000