Of course, the Left is determined to create a reason to imprison former President Trump. Now Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed special counsel Jack Smith to handle the investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents. Yet, Smith has a checkered legal past including, but not limited to, a brutal smackdown by a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court.
Rep. Matt Gaetz requested the Department of Justice preserve and produce all records pertaining to the office of special counsel Jack Smith. https://t.co/hvFT5cHQRf
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) June 15, 2023
The Western Journal reported that when Smith was the head of the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Unit, after being appointed by far-left AG Eric Holder, he led the prosecution of then-Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia. McDonnell was convicted on corruption charges in 2014.
In the McDonnell case, the government argued that the former Virginia governor improperly took gifts from a political donor. However, in 2016, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled 8-0 to overturn the conviction.
Watch: Tom Fitton on suing Biden’s DOJ for refusing to disclose names of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s staff https://t.co/SQfkU4rvXg
— John Solomon (@jsolomonReports) June 9, 2023
In the high court’s ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts skewered Smith’s prosecution. The Chief Justice claimed Smith relied too heavily on a “boundless” definition of what constituted corruption.
“The decision from the eight-justice court could make it tougher for prosecutors to prove corruption cases against politicians in cases where there is no proof of an explicit agreement linking a campaign donation or gift to a contract, grant or vote,” Politico reported at the time of the trial. “The court’s opinion, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, rejected the government’s position that simply agreeing to meet with someone on account of such largesse could be enough to constitute an official act that could trigger a corruption conviction.”
? BREAKING: Special Counsel Jack Smith speaks about the indictment of Donald Trump pic.twitter.com/gQVSsXeANl
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 9, 2023
“There is no doubt that this case is distasteful; it may be worse than that. But our concern is not with tawdry tales of Ferraris, Rolexes, and ball gowns. It is instead with the broader legal implications of the Government’s boundless interpretation of the federal bribery statute,” Roberts wrote in the ruling.
Extraordinary stuff here. https://t.co/hWtNNgZT1M
— Raheem. (@RaheemKassam) June 12, 2023
There is more in Smith’s closet than just biased legal work. For one, he and his family are deeply embedded with the Obamas. Smith’s wife produced Michelle Obama’s Netflix special, “Becoming.“
