Mr. Trump has declared on Truth Social that Mr. Smith “should be prosecuted for election interference & prosecutorial misconduct.” The president has also called him a “career criminal.” He also reposted the radio host Mark Levin’s view that “Jack Smith must go to prison.”

None of them had said publicly that they wanted a pardon, and it’s not clear any of them would have accepted one. But some top Democrats, like Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, had endorsed the notion of preemptively pardoning prosecutors, particularly Smith.

The acting attorney general said these officials could not be trusted to "faithfully implement the president's agenda."

While President Joe Biden issued many pardons before leaving office, he did not pardon various individuals Trump has blasted who were connected to cases against the Republican figure.

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.

According to a Gallup poll of 1,003 U.S. adults conducted between December 2 and 18, 2024, and released on January 7, a majority (54 percent) believe Biden will be remembered as a "below average" (17 percent) or "poor" (37 percent) president.

One of Joe Biden’s final acts as president Monday ... pardon or pre-emptive pardon by Biden was former special counsel Jack Smith, who targeted President Trump in several prosecutions.

President Biden issued pre-emptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci and others who may have faced scrutiny under the incoming Donald Trump administration.

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.

Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees go to the Senate; Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report goes public; and President Joe Biden bids farewell. If you can't access your feeds, please contact ...

With actions big and small, Trump has spent his first days in office pushing the levers of government – and his unique powers as commander in chief – to target his perceived political enemies both inside and outside the government.

Donald Trump touted his ability to make his political opponents “lose their mind” after striking an agreement with Colombia to accept flights of deported migrants from the U.S.As White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt publicly declared that Colombia had “accepted all of President Trump’s terms” on Sunday evening,