Trump has frequently mused about seeking revenge on prosecutors like special counsel Jack Smith, who led the two federal criminal cases against Trump, and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who brought the New York hush money case that ended in Trump’s conviction.

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While President Joe Biden issued many pardons before leaving office, he did not pardon various individuals Trump has blasted who were connected to cases against the Republican figure.

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Special Counsel Jack Smith – who oversaw two historic ... Friday — was expected ahead of the end of outgoing President Joe Biden’s term. “The Special Counsel completed his work and ...

The president-elect had plenty of time to come up with a compelling response to the special counsel's findings. He did not spend that time wisely.

Smith curtailed his probe into the 45th president ... s efforts to mislead the American public about his defeat to Joe Biden four years ago. “When it became clear that Mr Trump had lost ...

“That was a brutal speech,” O’Reilly said on NewsNation’s “ On Balance .” “It’s a unique moment in American history. I can’t find any other inaugural address that humiliated an outgoing president as much as this one did.”

Among the flurry of last-minute pardons issued by Joe Biden in the final moments ... revenge on prosecutors like special counsel Jack Smith, who led the two federal criminal cases against Trump ...

Smith’s letter cited John Adams for the “fundamental value of our democracy that we exist as ‘a government of laws, and not of men.’” But our prized “rule of law” must inevitably be administered by men and women who are subject to being undermined by political attack.

The Supreme Court’s decision scrambled efforts from special counsel Jack Smith to prosecute the case against the former president, whose appeals on his “immunity” defense triggered a series of delays that ensured he would evade a trial before November’s election.

Joe Biden left some of Donald Trump’s biggest enemies off of his pardon list. The new president often talks about getting revenge on his foes—and has called for many to be arrested after they have crossed him.