Part Of Special Counsel Report Released; Hegseth Confirmation Hearing

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  It's the NPR Politics Podcast.

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  I'm Tamara Keith.

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  I'm Carrie Johnson.

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  And part of the special counsel report into Donald Trump's actions trying to overturn the 2020 election, which he lost, has been released.

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  Carrie, you got this overnight, and I want to get you to describe what is in it.

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  What did special Counsel Jack Smith find?

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  The special counsel Jack Smith found that President elect Donald Trump engaged in or led a criminal conspiracy to cling to power after he lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden, and that he advanced that conspiracy allegedly by a pervasive pattern of deceit.

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  This involved things like advancing slates of fake electors, leaning on then Vice President Mike Pence and all those other allegations that now seem familiar but are fairly chilling when you put them all in one piece, as Jack Smith did.

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  Smith said that the evidence existed to convict Trump, but of course, there was never a TR because Trump won the last election.

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  And the Justice Department has a longstanding policy against prosecuting sitting presidents.

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  Trump returns to office on Monday.

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