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The special counsel Jack Smith has undertaken two historic investigations with remarkable speed, aggressiveness and apparent indifference to collateral political consequences.

A largely unknown former prosecutor, Jack Smith has delivered his basic assessment in two criminal investigations in a little more than eight months.

The former president was charged with four federal crimes for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyThe latest indictment of former President Trump is a well-told narrative strategically designed to preemptively counter expected defenses and delay tactics by Trump’s legal team. The opening sentences of the very first paragraph in the indictment say it all: “The Defendant, Donald J. Trump, was the forty-fifth President of the United States and a candidate for re-election in 2020. The Defendant lost the 2020 election.&#x201...

Jack Smith told reporters that the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was “fueled by lies” — Trump’s lies — during brief remarks Tuesday, after a jury in Washington indicted the former president on four counts.

Jack Smith believes a speedy trial is imperative for the health of our democracy. To that end, he has produced an indictment defined by clarity and relative simplicity.

Analysis of the U.S. national security concerns resulting from the alleged attempt to delete surveillance camera footage at Mar-a-Lago.

The hard-liners pushing for change may sound like our own liberal reformers, but their aim is a power grab.

Prosecutors brought three new charges against Trump Thursday, on top of the 37 felony counts he already faced.

A conversation with Assistant Professor of International Law at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tom Dannenbaum.