The special counsel will ultimately decide whether to file criminal charges against the former president.
Mr Smith is a former prosecutor in New York and most recently served as a chief prosecutor in the Hague where he investigated war crimes in Kosovo.Serious business for Trump
Handing this off to a special counsel, and giving that counsel power to do as he sees fit, provides the Biden administration at least a measure of insulation against such allegations. Special counsel inquiries tend to take on lives of their own, and find new prosecutorial avenues to explore, as did Robert Mueller's Russia probe and similar investigations during the George W Bush and Bill Clinton presidencies.Why a war crimes expert will decide Trump cases
Mr Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, where he announced his presidential bid on Tuesday night, was searched by FBI agents in August. They seized top secret documents and are investigating whether he may have broken the law by keeping the documents there after he left the White House.
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