Uthmeier moved to Tallahassee in 2019 to become a deputy general counsel for DeSantis, then rose to the top legal spot the next year. He became chief of staff October 2021 when Adrian Lukis left ...

It’s also at risk of ending in the next two years. Connecticut’s right to counsel program launched in 2022 with $20 million in federal COVID relief money through the American Rescue Plan Act.

But the special counsel leaves office with a report that makes clear his feelings about the former and future president’s efforts to mislead the American public about his defeat to Joe Biden ...

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith said his team “stood up for the rule of law” as it investigated President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith said his team “stood ... of law matters,” Smith wrote in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland attached to the report.

The report details the special counsel's decision to bring a four-count ... Trump's former attorney general William Barr has previously said he told the president at the time there was no ...

outlines the investigative process Smith took in his case against Trump after being appointed special counsel by Attorney General Merrick Garland shortly after Trump launched his 2024 White House bid.

He was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland in 2022 to serve as special counsel overseeing two investigations of Trump. Smith has also written a report on a separate case alleging Trump ...

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1:48 Judge temporarily blocks release of Jack Smith report on Trump investigation Special counsel Jack Smith said ... Smith wrote in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland attached to ...

US special counsel Jack Smith concluded that Donald ... Mr Trump’s lawyers, in a letter to US attorney general Merrick Garland made public by the justice department, called the report a ...