Jack Smith: Trump isn’t exonerated

Not having any consequences seems a lot like being exonerated.

But it's important we make the distinction because otherwise we look like complete fools! /s

The Democrats keep turning up to the dawn duel with a sword as agreed, while the Republicans turn up with a pistol because fuck the rules. Then the Democrats say "no, no, I'll continue with the sword because that's the rules", get slaughtered, and then wonder what went wrong. One day I hope they'll realise you can't beat an opponent who's not even playing the game.

Hell, they’re turning up to a knife fight with a deck of cards, and the Republicans are bringing fucking Uzis. The DNC is fully a joke at this point. Sure, they suck (marginally) less than the GOP at actually governing, but they couldn’t fight their way out of a paper bag - nor do they appear to be interested in fighting their way out of said paper bag. It’s fucking embarrassing.
- It's like it's intentional at this point.

Sure, whatever you say. He might not technically be exonerated, but he might as well be. You had 4 fucking years to actually do something about Trump, but this is the system working as intended. The US keeps drifting further and further right with power further consolidating in the hands of billionaires and corporations, while the Democrats sit on their asses and act like they're completely helpless to do anything meaningful to actually help ordinary people while in power. Then when they lose elections they get to blame minorities or leftists and use it as an excuse to drift further right.

Cyberpunk corporate dystopia, here we come!

Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives

They did for a little bit..
- And things improved for a little bit - Blue Cross Blue Shield rolled back their dystopian anesthesia time limit policy immediately after the UHC assassination. Can't argue with the results!

Will he face any consequences?

Will anyone even care?

I dunno Jack, he seems pretty exonerated to me.

The Little Fucking Austrian Corporal was thrown into prison for treason. WTF AmeriKa?

Doesn't matter, never did.

The president of the United States is above the law.

Shut the fuck up jack Smith too little too late motherfucker

Trying to turn in the assignment at 11:59 ass.

4 years of sitting on your ass to come out and say this. I hope trump locks all these people up so maybe the dems will wake the fuck up.

Yeah, nah, it's not Jacks fault.
- Oh it sure the fuck is. And also every fucking imbecile who provides excuses, cover, and interference for Democrats who fail to deliver. Making excuses for the bad-faith management on the part of Democrats is as bad if not worse than just outright supporting fascism, because it precludes us our ability to actually do anything to stop this rightward shift.
  The Democrats are not your friends. They are not your buddies. They aren't even on your team, in-spite of their ever present marketing to the contrary. They use the fact that you think they are on your team and fighting for you to sit on their hands. Then the worms crawl out and defend their inaction as if its some forgone conclusion and they are merely victims of the environment that they find themselves in. They did not pursue Trump in any meaningful way that would disturb the system or the sensitivities of the neoliberal managerial class because they never intended there to be real justice. If justice came at the cost of upsetting the status quo of how power is brokered in Washington, then justice gets a back seat.
  The rise of fascism, the failure of justice, the fact that Trump is coming back to power: Its 100% due to how Democrats have (failed) to govern, and failed to engage in a meaningfully democratic way.
...Special Counsel for the Department of Justice from November 18, 2022 until his resignation on January 10, 2025
Less than 2 years to get Trump. I don't blame Smith. I blame Garland and Biden for treading so softly around such a corrupt SOB simply for the optics of fairness.
Fairness for the American people would have been announcing investigations in to Trump during Biden's inauguration speech, indicting him 14 days later and placing him on (at least) house arrest so that he can only make public statements through his lawyers, who are compelled to tell the truth.
Edit: Worth noting that Achibald Cox investigated Nixon for 1 year, 2 months, and 23 days before Nixon resigned. The timeframe for Smith is right on the money for how long it takes to criminally indict a President, and trump had a lot more sycophants and corrupt judges to run out the clock.
Let's review: Pres. Joe Biden appointed Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland in 2021. Garland appointed Atty. Jack Smith as a Special Counsel to handle these cases on November 18, 2022. He served in that role for 2 years, 1 month, and 20 days. In that span, he diligently pursued the cases in the face of, let's be real, unbelievable levels of bullshit:
He got a grand jury to issue an indictment on the classified document mishandling charges on June 8, 2023. The case got assigned to MAGA patsy Aileen Cannon, who slow-walked every step, and then on July 15, 2024, outright dismissed the case on the grounds that Smith's appointment wasn't Constitutional. Smith filed an appeal of that ruling to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on July 17, 2024.
He also got a grand jury to issue an indictment on the insurrection charges on August 1, 2023. That case was appealed to the SCOTUS, which ruled on July 1, 2024 that—perhaps the biggest bullshit of all—the President is immune from prosecution for official acts. Nevertheless, Smith came back with amended charges showing that fomenting an insurrection was a personal act, not an official one.
Both of those cases were still pending when the election happened. It's entirely clear that the new President would fire Smith and end both cases, so he filed to dismiss him as a defendant in the classified documents case, leaving the appeal still pending with regard to two other defendants. The DOJ undercut him by determining that the insurrection case cannot proceed while the defendant is President, so Smith had to file to have it dismissed. Then, he resigned ahead of being fired. As part of the duties of Special Counsel, he produced a report of his activities to submit to the Attorney General who appointed him. That's what this article is about—his report—which is supposed to come at the end of his term of office.
So I don't know what you expected him to do. It wasn't nearly 4 years, and he certainly did not sit on his ass. The new President might still lock him up, or at least pursue other forms of retribution, which makes Jack Smith one of the few honorable people standing up for the rule of law despite personal consequences.