And then after explaining the extensive delays caused by the Supreme Court, Smith concludes: "Indeed, but for Mr. Trump's election and imminent return to the Presidency, the Office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial." END/

Smith explains the delays: "Mr. Trump's repeated assertion of the presidential-communications privilege as a basis to withhold evidence required extensive preindictment litigation that delayed the Office's receipt of important testimony and other evidence." 6/