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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.

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.

"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.

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.

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.

JACK SMITH, THE PROSECUTOR WHO WOULD NEVER ADMIT ... Many Democrats, including President Joe Biden himself, were angry that Smith and Attorney General Merrick Garland, who appointed Smith on ...

Smith curtailed his probe into the 45th president ... s efforts to mislead the American public about his defeat to Joe Biden four years ago. “When it became clear that Mr Trump had lost ...

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 ...

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.

Online users discussing this rumor pointed to an NBC News article published in the final days of Joe Biden's U.S. presidency.