Donald Trump would have been convicted of crimes over his failed attempt to cling to power in 2020 if he had not won the presidential election in 2024, according to the special counsel who investigated him.

Jack Smith’s report (***the report is 174 pages long) detailing his team’s findings about Trump’s efforts to subvert democracy was released by the justice department early on Tuesday.

Following the insurrection on 6 January, 2021, Smith was appointed as special counsel to investigate Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. His investigation culminated in a detailed report, submitted to the attorney general, Merrick Garland.

Volume one of the report meticulously outlines Trump’s actions, including his efforts to pressure state officials, assemble alternate electors and encourage supporters to protest against the election results.

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      Sure. I can, but I can’t vote in the US so I find that spending my emotional energy on that has fairly limited effects.

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        Even if you could vote, our system is designed to prevent your vote from having an impact in multiple ways. Fuck this country.

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          I mean, yeah, lets not even get into your weird way of weighing votes and then throwing the actual decision to a panel. You’ve got some work to do on that democratic aspect too. As a nation, I mean.

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        I still find it sad that we live in a world where a large amount of people praise felons