Trump engaged in ‘criminal scheme’ to overturn election: ex-special counsel

Former special counsel Jack Smith defended his prosecution of US President Donald Trump on Thursday, accusing him of engaging in a “criminal scheme” to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden. Smith, in remarks to the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee, said his team of investigators had “developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in criminal activity”. “Rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 presidential election,...