Democrats are split on whether President Joe Biden should use his authority and presidential immunity to release special counsel Jack Smith's report on his cases involving President-elect Donald Trump.

Smith’s letter cited John Adams for the “fundamental value of our democracy that we exist as ‘a government of laws, and not of men.’” But our prized “rule of law” must inevitably be administered by men and women who are subject to being undermined by political attack.

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"Article III Project" founder Mike Davis tells Newsmax that special counsel Jack Smith, "could be subjected to a criminal probe by the Trump 47 Justice Department for running what looks like a criminal conspiracy against President Trump and his aides and supporters to interfere in the election.

Radio host Charlamagne Tha God criticized President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) for publishing former special counsel Jack Smith’s report detailing the 2020 election prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump after his November election victory.

The report calls Trump's claims that the special counsel was influenced by Biden for political reasons "laughable."

Let’s be totally and completely clear: President Biden should publish both volumes of Smith’s report before leaving office. Doing so would serve the public interest and—most importantly—would be legal. Because, as an official action of a sitting president, it falls under the Supreme Court’s blanket of immunity.

The president-elect had plenty of time to come up with a compelling response to the special counsel's findings. He did not spend that time wisely.

The Supreme Court’s decision scrambled efforts from special counsel Jack Smith to prosecute the case against the former president, whose appeals on his “immunity” defense triggered a series of delays that ensured he would evade a trial before November’s election.

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The Department of Justice on Tuesday morning released former special counsel Jack Smith’s report on his office’s investigation ... federal crimes in his alleged effort to undermine Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election and in his alleged ...