Trump would have been convicted of election interference, DoJ report says

A prosecutor says there was enough evidence in the 2020 US election case - but he was scuppered by Trump's win in 2024.

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The evidence against Trump was "sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial," Special Counsel Jack Smith wrote in a partially released report.

Trump hit back, saying Smith was "deranged" and his findings were "fake".

Trump was accused of pressurising officials to reverse the 2020 result, knowingly spreading lies about election fraud and seeking to exploit the riot at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. He denied any wrongdoing.

Trump, who was president at the time of the alleged crimes, subsequently spent four years out of office - but was successfully re-elected to the White House in November. He will return to the presidency next week.

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