US Attorney General Appoints Special Counsel Jack Smith to Prosecute Donald Trump

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It's a matter of law now.

Allow me to be the first to say I don't know Jack Smith, and neither do you.

[The SnowShow]

Isn’t he above the law? Everything bounces right off of that prick.

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Isn’t he above the law? Everything bounces right off of that prick.

That's what they said about Gotti...

Jack Smith

Jack Smith was appointed First Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee in February of 2015. Prior to his appointment, from 2010 to 2015 Mr. Smith served as Chief of the Public Integrity Section of the United States Department of Justice, supervising the litigation of complex public corruption cases across the country. From 2008 to 2010, Jack served as Investigation Coordinator in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague, Netherlands. In that capacity, he supervised sensitive investigations of foreign government officials and militia for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Mr. Smith joined the ICC from the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, where he served for 9 years in a number of supervisory positions, including Chief of Criminal Litigation and Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division. As Chief of Criminal Litigation, Mr. Smith supervised approximately 100 criminal prosecutors across a range of program areas, such as public corruption, violent crime and gangs, and white collar and complex financial fraud. Before becoming an Assistant United States Attorney, Mr. Smith served for five years as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office.
Mr. Smith is the recipient of the Director's Award from the Department of Justice, the Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service, the Federal Bar Association's Younger Federal Attorney Award, the Eastern District Association's Charles Rose Award and the Henry L. Stimson Medal by New York County Bar Association. Mr. Smith is a cum graduate of Harvard Law School and a summa cum laude graduate of the State University of New York at Oneonta.

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It's a matter of law now.

Allow me to be the first to say I don't know Jack Smith, and neither do you.

Trump seems to ignore/ skate on everything

could some leagal begal tell us whats the difference between now and before ?

you are right, I don't know jack

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He appears to be a thruster, given his Upstate CV and the look in his eye...

[Hopeless Sinner]

Trump seems to ignore/ skate on everything

could some leagal begal tell us whats the difference between now and before ?

you are right, I don't know jack

Biden sets the special prosecutor adrift w/out interference, and control from DOJ in an effort to distance the admin from the investigation and potential prosecution of Trump, especially since he's a declared candidate. Plus it probably pissed Trump off since he's trying to hide from prosecution by declaring so soon.

Hopefully the guy has a sack unlike Mueller.



ETA: It should have been and most likely was Merrick Garland's call, not Biden's. Hopefully there is a firewall btwn the White House and the DOJ regarding this move.

[mud]

He appears to be a thruster, given his Upstate CV and the look in his eye...

Oneonta is south of Albany, clearly not Upstate.

[heckacali]

Oneonta is south of Albany, clearly not Upstate.

Upstate deniers are worse than election or climate deniers.

[J. Barron DeJong]

No idea if this will turn out to be true, but ‘Popehat’ is a former Federal prosecutor, so one can hope.

[old goat]

What's the over under and how many posts it will take to get this thread moved to polyass. My money is on 10.

[GoldMember]

What's the over under and how many posts it will take to get this thread moved to polyass. My money is on 10.

This. Curious myself.

[MultiVerse]

No idea if this will turn out to be true, but ‘Popehat’ is a former Federal prosecutor, so one can hope.

Another possibility is due to Trump's announced presidential campaign. It's one thing to investigate a private citizen through normal channels. It's another to investigate a presidential candidate, hence the necessity of appointing a special counsel once that happened.

[J. Barron DeJong]

This. Curious myself.

What about this case:



https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/maryl...lated-offenses

Polyass? Case regarding stolen classified nuclear info, like what some other guy’s accused of.

[frorider]

What's the over under and how many posts it will take to get this thread moved to polyass. My money is on 10.

Depends on whether thread focuses on actual news / developments. The Ukraine thread has kept me updated pretty well.

But yeah, 10

[yeahman]

Move this boring shit to polyass. JONGS

[Core Shot]

Poly

ASS

Fuck off.

[Cisco Kid]

We have 1 vote. Mine cancels it.
Carry on.

[ötzi]

What's the over under and how many posts it will take to get this thread moved to polyass. My money is on 10.

Yours, ironically, is the 10th post. And you lost your bet when you posted.

[liv2ski]

What's the over under and how many posts it will take to get this thread moved to polyass. My money is on 10.

I was thinking 20

[Core Shot]

Post # 20

Nothing yet.

Don’t we have mods?
My feeeelliiingzzzzzz is hurt

[Cisco Kid]

Maybe the mods have you on ignore?

[Core Shot]

Maybe the mods have you on ignore?

They should.

I have tried to put myself on ignore. It doesn’t work.

[PB]

Biden sets the special prosecutor adrift w/out interference, and control from DOJ in an effort to distance the admin from the investigation and potential prosecution of Trump, especially since he's a declared candidate. Plus it probably pissed Trump off since he's trying to hide from prosecution by declaring so soon.

Hopefully the guy has a sack unlike Mueller.

Pretty sure Biden isn't within 10 miles of this hot mess, as he shouldn't be. Perhaps you meant Merrick?

[Hopeless Sinner]

Pretty sure Biden isn't within 10 miles of this hot mess, as he shouldn't be. Perhaps you meant Merrick?

You're right it was Garland's call.

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