Smith said that his team “stood up for the rule of law” during the investigation, The Associated Press reported. He went further to say that he believes that Trump would have been convicted if he was not reelected as the 47th president. Trump will be sworn in on Monday for his second term in the White House.

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 results of the 2020 election.

Special counsel Jack Smith said his team “stood up for the rule of law” as it investigated President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, writing in a much-anticipated report released Tuesday that he stands fully behind his decision to bring criminal charges that he believes would have resulted in a conviction had voters not returned Trump to the White House.