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.

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.

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The report calls Trump's claims that the special counsel was influenced by Biden for political reasons "laughable."

"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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

It’s up to us to make our dreams come true.” Biden’s nationally televised remarks came just days before he leaves office and President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House. Trump,