At midnight on January 13, 2025, after extensive litigation by Donald Trump in an attempt to prevent it, the US Department of Justice released Volume I of the report by Special Counsel Jack Smith, which describes the Special Counsel's work to investigate and prosecute Donald Trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

The report comprises six sections and an appendix.

This episode is a audio reading of the Part II, "The Law". This section details exactly what laws Trump is alleged to have violated and their history, as well as how the Special Counsel's Office planned to address any potential defenses Trump might raise at trial.

For the sake of clarity, footnotes are omitted and most legal citations are omitted or simplified. The original document is available at the following link:

https://www.justice.gov/storage/Report-of-Special-Counsel-Smith-Volume-1-January-2025.pdf

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At midnight on January 13, 2025, after extensive litigation by Donald Trump in an attempt to prevent it, the US Department of Justice released Volume I of the report by Special Counsel Jack Smith, which describes the Special Counsel's work to investigate and prosecute Donald Trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

The report comprises six sections and an appendix.

This episode is a audio reading of

• Letter of Introduction
• Part I, "The Results of the Investigation"

For the sake of clarity, footnotes are omitted and most legal citations are omitted or simplified.

You can also read the original report online at this link.

For updates on The Docket please visit docketpod.com or find us on Threads as DocketPod.

If you found this useful or interesting, please consider subscribing to The Docket and supporting my Patreon at patreon.com/DocketPod.

In December 2024, the Committee on Ethics of the US House of Representatives released a report on its investigation of former Congressman Matt Gaetz, looking into allegation of sexual misconduct, drug use, statutory rape, and violations of House Rules, as well as other allegations.

This is an audio presentation of that committee report. Because the full duration of the recording is around 90 mintutes, it has been broken up into four episodes, each one being a recording of one major section of the report. All four episodes were published together.

This episode is a recording of Section V, Findings, Section VI, Conclusion, Section VII, Statement Under House Rules, and Section VIII, Views of the Dissenting Committee Members.

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