NEWS: As the litigation over Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report continues, Smith himself has resigned from the Justice Department.

Dropped in a footnote in a filing in Florida on Saturday came the news that Smith "separated from the Department" on Friday.

Lawyers noted the information in a filing before U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, in the ongoing litigation over the final report submitted by Smith to Attorney General Merrick Garland.

The news comes nine days before the man he sought to prosecute in two different cases is due to take the oath of office and become president.

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