US EditionSmith: Charges against Trump not politically motivated
Jack Smith defended his investigation into Trump’s classified documents and election interference cases, warning the Department of Justice faces unprecedented political weaponization.
- Former Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith stated that the investigations into Donald Trump were not politically motivated and emphasized evidence of willfulness in the classified documents case.
- In 2023, Trump was indicted on 40 felony counts for keeping classified documents at Mar-a-Lago after leaving the White House.
- Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee have requested Smith to testify regarding accusations of partisan motives in his investigations against Trump.
- Smith expressed concerns about the erosion of the rule of law in America due to political prosecution and the treatment of public servants under the Trump administration.
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"This is going to cost us": Smith blasts Trump attacks on public servants in rare interview
Jack Smith, the former special counsel who led investigations into President Donald Trump, spoke out against the administration in a rare interview. Smith’s investigations culminated in two Trump indictments surrounding his handling of classified documents and his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Smith left the Department of Justice in January, shortly before the start of Trump’s second term. Sitting for an int…
Smith: Charges against Trump not politically motivated
Former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday defended the federal charges against President Trump stemming from his investigation into the then-former president, charges that he said were not motivated by politics. In an interview with former prosecutor Andrew Weissmann at University College London, Smith strongly denied the accusation that his investigation was politically motivated. “The idea that…
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