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Special counsel Jack Smith plans to leave Justice Department by the time Trump takes office

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Special counsel Jack Smith is expected to have departed the Justice Department by the time President-elect Donald Trump takes office in late January .

By leaving before the start of Trump 's second term, Smith would keep the president-elect from firing him.

The Justice Department has a longstanding policy against prosecuting a sitting president.

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