According to Politico announced his resignation as a footnote in a document filed Saturday afternoon.
Trump promised to fire him
The document urged a district judge not to extend an earlier order to block the release of Smith’s report on Trump. Whether the report will be released before Trump is sworn in as president on January 20 is yet to be determined.
Jack Smith has previously announced plans to leave his post before the change of power. Donald Trump has on several occasions promised to fire him as soon as he takes office as president.
Investigation was dropped
Smith led two federal investigations into Trump, one related to the storming of the Capitol building and one into Trump’s handling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago in Florida after he had left the White House.
The investigations were closed after Trump won the presidential election. Smith then made a formal request to have the cases thrown out, based on Justice Department policy that prevents prosecution of a sitting president.