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Trump would have been convicted if he wasn't elected: special counsel report

US President-elect Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on November 13, 2024. Trump is already thrusting himself to the front of international stage as he once again shatters diplomatic niceties. [AFP]

US President-elect Donald Trump would have been convicted for his alleged effort to overturn the result of the 2020 election if he hadn't been elected four years later, said a report by then special counsel Jack Smith published by US media early Tuesday.

The US Department of Justice's "view that the Constitution prohibits the continued indictment and prosecution of a President is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the Government's proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the Office stands fully behind," the report said.

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