By Grand Rapids Anonymous
friday, november 18, 2022 at 4:18:00 p.m. est
(vox) “attorney general Merrick Garland has appointed Jack Smith as special counsel in charge of two justice department investigations involving former President Donald Trump, he said in a statement friday.”
[N.S.: “Jack Smith?” What a phony-sounding name. What’s his real name?!]
“the announcement is a significant development that underscores the seriousness of the probes into Trump — one into his attempt to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election win, the other into his handling of classified documents.
“it’s unclear whether the move will change much about those investigations, which were already proceeding pretty vigorously. that is: it’s not about appointing some new tough prosecutor to take on Trump. it’s more an attempt to assuage fears that the justice department’s decision-making will be driven by politics.
“in the announcement, Garland referenced Trump launching his presidential campaign earlier this week as well as Biden’s own comments that he will likely run for reelection as factors influencing his decision to appoint a special counsel.”
GRA: It’s TOTALLY about Trump running—and it’s despicable—but not unexpected, by me. I said Trump would do a perp walk before 2024.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23466627/jack-smith-special-counsel-garland-trump
--GRA
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Charge him in DC with a negro grand jury and have him tried by a negro jury. Add insult to injury.
AS TRUMP WOULD SAY,"WHO THE HELL IS JACK SMITH?"HE'S GOING TO FIND OUT.
(epoch times)Jack Smith, who on Nov. 18 was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland to be special counsel in two probes involving former president Donald Trump, is a veteran prosecutor with the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Prosecutor Jack Smith waits for the start of the court session of Kadri Veseli's initial appearance at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers court in The Hague, on Nov. 10, 2020. (Peter Dejong/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)
Most recently, Smith was the chief prosecutor for the special court in The Hague responsible for investigating and adjudicating war crimes in Kosovo. Prior to the Hague, he was the vice president of litigation at HCA Healthcare, one of the largest health providers in the United States.
In a statement following Garland’s announcement, Smith said he intends to conduct the investigations and any prosecutions that may arise from them “independently and in the best traditions of the Department of Justice.”
(GRA:Trump's done.)
“The pace of the investigations will not pause or flag under my watch. I will exercise independent judgement and will move the investigations forward expeditiously and thoroughly to whatever outcome the facts and the law dictate,” Smith said.
Smith graduated from Harvard law school in 1994, and from there started his prosecutorial career as an assistant district attorney at the New York County District Attorney’s Office. From 1999, he served as assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York for nine years, a position which included leading the criminal litigation unit prosecuting cases involving public corruption, violent crime and gangs, and white collar and complex financial fraud, according to the DOJ.
From 2008 to 2010, he worked at the Office of the Prosecutor with the International Criminal Court, where he conducted investigations of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.
In 2010, he returned to the DOJ to serve for five years as the chief of the Public Integrity Section in Washington overseeing prosecutions of public corrections cases across the United States, according to the department. During this time his unit secured bribery and extortion convictions of former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and Arizona U.S. Representative Rick Renzi.
Smith in 2015 was appointed first assistant U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee before becoming the acting U.S. attorney in 2017.
In a speech announcing the special counsel appointment, Garland described Smith as the “right choice to complete these matters in an even-handed and urgent manner.”
“Throughout his career, Jack Smith has built a reputation as an impartial and determined prosecutor, who leads teams with energy and focus to follow the facts wherever they lead,” Garland said.
Garland said that Smith will begin his work as special counsel immediately and return from The Hague to the United States.
--GRA
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