U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith concluded that Donald Trump engaged in an "unprecedented criminal effort" to hold on to power after losing the 2020 election, but was thwarted in bringing the case to trial by the president-elect's November election victory.

Special counsel Jack Smith says in a new report that his team “stood up for the rule of law" as it investigated President-elect Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Smith submitted to Congress early Tuesday a report detailing his team's findings about Trump's efforts to cling to power.