Jack Smith Goes From Prosecutor to Potential Target

Trump’s Payback Against Jack Smith Is Off to a Bad Start

House Republicans make it sound like they have a perjury case against former special counsel Jack Smith. Elie Honig explains why they don’t.

Trump DOJ's bid to smear Biden could backfire with the release of secret Jack Smith report

President Donald Trump's drive to keep Jack Smith's report on his alleged illegal activity secret could be undone by his own Justice Department's push to release recordings of former President Joe Biden.Two transparency groups filed briefs with a federal appeals court this week, asking it to lift the order blocking the public release of former special counsel Jack Smith's report on Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents.The groups —…

The simple reason Jack Smith charges won’t stick as easy as Trump thinks

President Donald Trump’s latest effort to weaponize the Department of Justice against his enemies will fail for a simple reason: geography. This is according to former federal prosecutors, who told NBC News that Trump’s attempt to prosecute ex-special counsel Jack Smith will almost certainly meet the same fate as the president’s other recent lawfare endeavors. As one lawmaker characterized the likely outcome, “It will get laughed out of court.”A…

Jack Smith Goes From Prosecutor to Potential Target

After years of leading high-profile prosecutions against President Donald Trump, former Special Counsel Jack Smith is now the one facing scrutiny. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has referred Smith to the Department of Justice for a possible criminal investigation, alleging the former special counsel made false statements to Congress about his office’s access...

Why the Trump administration would have a hard time indicting Jack Smith

President Trump has made no secret he thinks former special counsel Jack Smith should be prosecuted, but his administration would be likely to have a tough time pursuing charges.

‘Chilling’ Criminal Referral for Prosecution of Jack Smith Brings Him Closer To Facing Charges

The former special counsel’s attorneys assert that the accusation of lying to lawmakers rests on a ‘dangerous theory of criminal liability.’