At issue now is the fate of a two-volume report that Smith and his team had prepared about their twin investigations into Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of his 2020 election and his hoarding of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice Department on Friday, officials said in a court filing on Saturday.The move was expected ahead of President-elect Donald Trump taking the oath of office.

Mr. Smith, a special counsel appointed by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, had signaled that he would step down before Donald J. Trump’s inauguration.