What you’re witnessing is probably the last special counsel or special prosecutor that will ever be appointed to investigate a president or prosecute a former president. What began in 1973 with the appointment of former Solicitor General Archibald Cox as a special prosecutor to investigate the “Watergate affair,

Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith's request to dismiss the charges against Trump was expected after he won the presidential election.

Special Counsel Jack Smith moved to drop charges against Donald Trump related to the January 6 insurrection on Monday in a filing.