June 10, 2023
Who is Jack Smith, the prosecutor bringing charges against Donald Trump over the Mar-A-Lago files?
The Washington Examiner dishes:
During his years as chief, Smith’s unit garnered a successful conviction against former Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA), which was later unanimously overturned by the Supreme Court, and pursued a case against Democratic vice presidential candidate and former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC), which resulted in a hung jury and a mistrial. Smith's team also secured a conviction against Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ) before he was pardoned by Trump in 2021 and laid the groundwork for what would become the unsuccessful prosecution of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ).
"Today, I signed an order appointing Jack Smith to serve as special counsel,” Garland announced during his Friday press conference. "The order authorizes him to continue the ongoing investigations into” the Capitol riot and the Mar-a-Lago saga, the attorney general said, "and to prosecute any federal crimes that may arise from those investigations.
Garland added: "Mr. Smith is the right choice to complete these matters in an even-handed and urgent manner.”
Smith’s DOJ biography in 2015 touted that while chief of the Public Integrity Section, Smith helped with the prosecution against McDonnell, who was indicted and convicted on federal corruption charges related to bribery in 2014. The case was being prosecuted by Smith’s deputy in the Public Integrity Section. McDonnell was investigated while governor, indicted shortly after leaving office in January 2014, convicted in September 2014, and sentenced to two years in prison in 2015.
The Supreme Court unanimously overturned McDonnell’s conviction in the summer of 2016.
Smith’s DOJ biography in 2015 touted that while chief of the Public Integrity Section, Smith helped with the prosecution against McDonnell, who was indicted and convicted on federal corruption charges related to bribery in 2014. The case was being prosecuted by Smith’s deputy in the Public Integrity Section. McDonnell was investigated while governor, indicted shortly after leaving office in January 2014, convicted in September 2014, and sentenced to two years in prison in 2015.
The Supreme Court unanimously overturned McDonnell’s conviction in the summer of 2016.
The Obama Justice Department dropped the McDonnell case after the Supreme Court slapped it down. The legal defense reportedly cost the McDonnells over $27 million.
"There was never a quid pro quo or any conspiracy or any agreement to help Mr. Williams,” McDonnell said in 2017. "And ultimately, the Supreme Court of the United States said that government advanced essentially a dangerous legal theory that had serious constitutional problems.”
- Jack Smith is trying to hide who is on the team targeting President Trump.
In other words he's a political hatchet man. And he's being portrayed as an honest prosecutor pursuing justice.
Until we start doing this to them this will continue. We should be investigating Smith right now, digging into his business dealings and personal life. We should be lining up prosecutors to file charges against him over inconsequentialities. We should be filing frivilous lawsuits. Ruin him. That's what he's trying to do to Trump.
And we should be filing charges against Biden, against Garland, against Christopher Wray.
It's a shame it has to come to this but the aggressor sets the rules of engagement. They chose this path.
We need to finish it.
We now have the Durham Report and can prove that the Russian Collusion story was indeed an insurrection by the FBI. Why are Republican prosecutors not filing charges? Even if they will lose they should be filing in multiple jurisdictions.
And lawsuits should be filed in any friendly court.
We have to learn to play this game as the Democrats do.
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