Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current president of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born and raised in the New York City borough of Queens, and received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School. He took charge of his family's real-estate business in 1971, renamed it The Trump Organization, and expanded its operations from Queens and Brooklyn into Manhattan.
The company built or renovated skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. Trump later started various side ventures, mostly by licensing his name. He owned the Miss Universe and Miss USA beauty pageants from 1996 to 2015, and produced and hosted The Apprentice, a reality television show, from 2003 to 2015. Forbes estimates his net worth to be $3.1 billion.
Attorney General Merrick Garland To Appoint Jack Smith As Special Counsel To Handle Donald Trump Investigations
deadline.comUPDATE: Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith as special counsel to oversee investigations into Donald Trump.
Citing Trump’s recently announced presidential bid and Joe Biden’s intention to run for reelection, Garland said, “I have concluded that it is in the public interest to appoint a special counsel.” “Such an appointment underscores the Department’s commitment to both independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters,” Garland said. “It also allows prosecutors and agents to continue their work expeditiously, and to make decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law.” Smith has worked as a federal and state prosecutor and war crimes prosecutor.
He is currently specialist prosecutor in The Hague, The Netherlands, but has resigned that post. Garland said that Smith will have independent prosecutorial judgement to determine whether charges should be brought. “I am confident that this appointment will not slow the completion of these investigations,” he said.
Smith will oversee two investigations: Whether any person interfered with the transfer of power following the 2020 presidential election and the certification of the electoral vote on January 6.
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