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Special Counsel Jack Smith required to submit Trump findings to DOJ before leaving. What happens next?

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Jack Smith is required to submit to the Justice Department a report summarizing the results of his dual investigations into President-elect Trump .

It will put a formal end to his two-year probe and one that will punt all next steps, including whether to make public the report, to outgoing Attorney General Merrick Garland .

In Smith 's case, the prosecution decision is immaterial, given Trump 's status as president-elect and longstanding Justice Department policy against bringing criminal charges against a sitting president.