Trump should be a lot more worried about Jack Smith's investigation of J6: Watergate legend
1 year, 8 months ago

Trump should be a lot more worried about Jack Smith's investigation of J6: Watergate legend

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump is currently fighting 34 felony charges in Manhattan for his alleged $130,000 hush payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels — the first time a former president has ever been charged with a crime and a current point of outrage and fundraising among his fanbase. Rather, he should be much more concerned with Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into his role in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol — a case Smith is investigating alongside the Mar-a-Lago classified documents probe, which Bernstein thinks is not the main show either. "What does it say to you that, among other laws, the Presidential Records Act is looming so large over the former president's legal fate?" "And that investigation is premised on the huge volumes of fact about the insurrection, about Trump's role in seditiously trying to stop the peaceful transfer of power to the next President of the United States.

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Trump escaped the consequences of his alleged crimes. Now his allies are after the prosecutors who brought the charges
4 weeks ago

Trump escaped the consequences of his alleged crimes. Now his allies are after the prosecutors who brought the charges

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. I don’t think it will end well for him.” Blanche will serve behind Attorney …

Despite Trump's election, Jack Smith has one more job to do
1 month ago

Despite Trump's election, Jack Smith has one more job to do

LA Times  

Special counsel Jack Smith arriving at a news conference to speak about the indictment of former President Donald Trump in the Jan. 6 case last year. … After the thing is done, no evidence ever remains.” That is the state of affairs Donald Trump would like to produce with respect to the federal cases against him, which special counsel Jack …

Republicans face a 'double-edged sword' if they seek revenge for Trump: legal expert
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Republicans face a 'double-edged sword' if they seek revenge for Trump: legal expert

Raw Story  

Members of Congress bent on getting revenge for the way they think Donald Trump was treated after he left office may be stepping into precarious territory — particularly if they make good on threats to go after special counsel Jack Smith. In a column for MSNBC, attorney Shan Wu noted a post on X from owner Elon Musk –– now …

'Obvious' detail in Jack Smith's wind-down could spell trouble for Trump allies: expert
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Obvious' detail in Jack Smith's wind-down could spell trouble for Trump allies: expert

Raw Story  

A journalist known for her work in national security flagged a little-talked-about — but "fairly obvious" — detail amid reports that special counsel Jack Smith is winding down his election subversion cases against President-elect Donald Trump. That means if Smith's cases are finished, he will have to write a report, even as former Trump Attorney General Bill Barr and others …

Jack Smith’s Big New Jan. 6 Brief Is a Major Indictment of the Supreme Court
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Jack Smith’s Big New Jan. 6 Brief Is a Major Indictment of the Supreme Court

Slate  

It’s rare to simultaneously feel red-hot anger and wistfulness, especially when merely reading a document. But those are exactly the emotions that washed over me when I read the redacted version of special counsel Jack Smith’s brief reciting in detail the evidence against Donald Trump for attempting to subvert the 2020 election. The anger is at the Supreme Court for …

Jack Smith Is Trying to Offer the Public His Evidence Against Trump
54 years, 11 months ago

Jack Smith Is Trying to Offer the Public His Evidence Against Trump

Slate  

Donald Trump has been convicted of 34 felony counts in the New York hush money case—but there’s a lengthy appeals process ahead. Special counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 case against Donald Trump took a major step last week when Smith submitted a court filing that argues the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision should not prevent the former president from facing …

Jack Smith has a path to cripple Donald Trump before the election: ex-U.S. attorney
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Jack Smith has a path to cripple Donald Trump before the election: ex-U.S. attorney

Raw Story  

With Donald Trump having been thrown a lifeline by the conservative-majority Supreme Court with its controversial presidential immunity ruling, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade stated there is still a path forward for special counsel Jack Smith to make a dent in the former president's drive to return to the Oval Office. Appearing on MSNBC's "The Weekend," Vance predicted there is …

Jack Smith has 'one more card to play' in D.C. election subversion case: former prosecutor
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Jack Smith has 'one more card to play' in D.C. election subversion case: former prosecutor

Raw Story  

Jack Smith has had a tough time prosecuting Donald Trump, especially considering his D.C. election subversion prosecution has been frozen pending Supreme Court action, but a former prosecutor said on Sunday that the special counsel has one more trick up his sleeve. Trump faces charges in that case related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, as well as related efforts …

'Could end up hurting him': Expert warns Trump's next move puts D.C. trial before election
5 months, 3 weeks ago

'Could end up hurting him': Expert warns Trump's next move puts D.C. trial before election

Raw Story  

If Donald Trump attempts to get his election subversion case tossed he could compel Special Counsel Jack Smith to lean out his indictment and bring a trial ahead of the general election. He noted that if Trump tries to tap into Friday's Supreme Court decision, where the justices voted in favor of sparing some Jan. 6 defendants of obstruction charges …

Jack Smith's Jan. 6 Trump case could be torn apart by imminent SCOTUS decision: report
11 months, 1 week ago

Jack Smith's Jan. 6 Trump case could be torn apart by imminent SCOTUS decision: report

Raw Story  

As the Supreme Court gears up to decide if Donald Trump's claims of immunity from prosecution are legitimate, another case in front of the court threatens to upend special counsel Jack Smith's prosecution of him, Politico reported. The case, Joseph W. Fischer v. United States, has raised the issue of whether the Department of Justice has been improperly using a …

Jack Smith just learned everything he needs to know about Trump on Jan. 6: legal expert
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Jack Smith just learned everything he needs to know about Trump on Jan. 6: legal expert

Raw Story  

Special counsel Jack Smith has a more compelling case than ever in the election conspiracy prosecution of former President Donald Trump, one-time federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann said on MSNBC Monday. This comes amid new bombshell reporting that Dan Scavino, a longtime Trump associate, told investigators the former president "was just not interested" in doing more to stop the violence at …

Jack Smith has new evidence about 'very angry' Trump's Jan. 6 actions: report
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Jack Smith has new evidence about 'very angry' Trump's Jan. 6 actions: report

Raw Story  

According to a bombshell report from ABC News, one of Donald Trump's closest advisers has described the former president's actions behind the scenes during the Jan. 6 insurrection to investigators working for special counsel Jack Smith. The report states that senior adviser Dan Scavino, who refused to talk to the House select committee investigating the riot at the Capitol, has …

Trump slams Jack Smith’s superseding indictment in classified docs case as ‘election interference’ and ‘harassment’
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump slams Jack Smith’s superseding indictment in classified docs case as ‘election interference’ and ‘harassment’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy In an interview on Thursday night, Donald Trump told Breitbart …

Trump says Jack Smith Jan 6 indictment doesn’t ‘frighten’ him but it ‘would be very dangerous’ to jail him
1 year, 5 months ago

Trump says Jack Smith Jan 6 indictment doesn’t ‘frighten’ him but it ‘would be very dangerous’ to jail him

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hours after former President Donald Trump announced that he was …

Opinion: If Trump is indicted for Jan. 6, there’s more than enough evidence to convict him
1 year, 5 months ago

Opinion: If Trump is indicted for Jan. 6, there’s more than enough evidence to convict him

LA Times  

Donald Trump announced this week that he has been notified that he is a target of special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation of the events of Jan. 6, 2021. Even with other charges pending against Trump in New York and in Smith’s classified documents case, this prosecution will force him to face judgment for his worst offenses: those against our democracy …

Trump flips out overnight on 'major sleazebag' Jack Smith with conspiracy accusation
1 year, 5 months ago

Trump flips out overnight on 'major sleazebag' Jack Smith with conspiracy accusation

Raw Story  

Late Monday night, going into the July 4th holiday, Donald Trump fired off another attack at special counsel Jack Smith who has already slammed him with a 37-count indictment in a Florida courtroom. With multiple investigations looming related to a fake 2020 presidential elector scheme and a possible indictment in New Jersey tied to Trump's mishandling of sensitive government documents …

Ex-Prosecutor Sends Trump A Stark Warning About Jack Smith
1 year, 5 months ago

Ex-Prosecutor Sends Trump A Stark Warning About Jack Smith

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Glenn Kirschner on Saturday said it seems like special counsel Jack Smith “still has a good bit of investigating to go” in his probe into former President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents. MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart asked Kirschner, a former U.S. Army prosecutor and current legal analyst for the network, what he made of a New …

'It would almost be malpractice': Trump lawyer Alina Habba's defense gutted by legal analyst
1 year, 6 months ago

'It would almost be malpractice': Trump lawyer Alina Habba's defense gutted by legal analyst

Raw Story  

According to former prosecutor Paul Butler, one of Donald Trump's many lawyers is barking up the wrong tree if she thinks provisions found within the Presidential Records Act will come into play as her client faces a 37-count indictment in federal court. Appearing with MSNBC host Chris Jansing, Georgetown Law Professor Paul Butler dismissed out of hand a defense offered …

Trump-defending law professor warns Jack Smith's charges pose 'a lethal threat'
1 year, 6 months ago

Trump-defending law professor warns Jack Smith's charges pose 'a lethal threat'

Raw Story  

George Washington University Law professor Jonathan Turley, who has repeatedly defended former President Donald Trump publicly over the years through a wide assortment of scandals and two impeachments, warned the former president and his supporters against blowing off the charges leveled against him by special counsel Jack Smith. In a new column published by The Messenger, Turley argued that while …

Watergate Lawyer John Dean Says He’s ‘Curious’ About 1 Thing In Trump Investigation
1 year, 6 months ago

Watergate Lawyer John Dean Says He’s ‘Curious’ About 1 Thing In Trump Investigation

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Watergate lawyer John Dean said Tuesday that “all the signs point” to Donald Trump being indicted in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the former president. “The evidence is certainly overwhelming.” Dean, Richard Nixon’s former White House counsel, said he was “curious” about one thing, though. “But I don’t know if even Donald Trump would take a …

Former federal prosecutor cites the real reason Trump can't stop attacking special counsel Jack Smith
1 year, 6 months ago

Former federal prosecutor cites the real reason Trump can't stop attacking special counsel Jack Smith

Raw Story  

Former federal prosecutor Robert Katzberg, who does commentary for Slate told the site that former President Donald Trump has a serious problem controlling himself. Still, Trump has gone on a spree over the past several months, alluding to special counsel Jack Smith being a partisan hack. He attacked Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg a “degenerate psychopath that truly hates the …

'It is a dangerous time in America!!!': Trump has overnight meltdown over Jack Smith investigations
1 year, 7 months ago

'It is a dangerous time in America!!!': Trump has overnight meltdown over Jack Smith investigations

Raw Story  

Donald Trump took to his Truth Social account in the wee hours of Saturday morning to lash out at special counsel Jack Smith as reports grow that he is closing in on witnesses at Mar-a-Lago over the stolen documents recovered by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago. The former president had a bad week as the E. Jean Carroll rape and defamation …

Special counsel Jack Smith is already 'moving fast' on Trump criminal probes much differently than Robert Mueller: report
2 years ago

Special counsel Jack Smith is already 'moving fast' on Trump criminal probes much differently than Robert Mueller: report

Raw Story  

According to a report from CNN, newly appointed special counsel Jack Smith has hit the ground running after taking over at least two criminal probes into Donald Trump's links to the Jan. 6 insurrection and his hiding of government documents at Mar-a-Lago. A team of 20 prosecutors investigating January 6 and the effort to overturn the 2020 election is in …

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