Special counsel Jack Smith says in final report that he could have convicted Donald Trump
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🗓️ 14 January 2025
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Special counsel Jack Smith's bombshell final report was released early Tuesday.
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| 1:18.3 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Tuesday, January 14th, 2025. |
| 1:20.6 | This is the excerpt. |
| 1:28.4 | Today we dig into Special Counsel Jack Smith's final bombshell report into Donald Trump. |
| 1:31.5 | Plus wins pick up in fire charge Southern California. |
| 1:35.9 | And we take a look at new exclusive polling ahead of Trump's second term. |
| 1:44.6 | Special Counsel Jack Smith, whose office indicted President-elect Donald Trump on charges of illegally trying to stay in power after losing the 2020 election, said in a bombshell final report released early today |
| 1:50.2 | that he believed his team had amassed enough evidence to convict Trump if the case went to trial. |
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