{"id":894089,"date":"2022-11-23T16:15:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T16:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/?p=415113"},"modified":"2022-11-23T16:15:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T16:15:01","slug":"i-experienced-jack-smiths-zeal-firsthand-will-trump-get-the-same-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/11\/23\/i-experienced-jack-smiths-zeal-firsthand-will-trump-get-the-same-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"I Experienced Jack Smith’s Zeal Firsthand. Will Trump Get the Same Treatment?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jack Smith came<\/u> after me. If he goes after Donald Trump with the same unrelenting ferocity, Trump will be in trouble.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Smith was appointed special counsel to handle two ongoing criminal investigations of Trump: the Mar-a-Lago documents case and the inquiry into Trump\u2019s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, including his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Attorney General Merrick Garland chose Smith to oversee both cases to avoid accusations of political bias, following Trump\u2019s announcement last week that he plans to run for president in 2024. Trump\u2019s early announcement was clearly an effort to insulate himself from criminal prosecution, and Garland\u2019s countermove seems designed to frustrate the ex-president\u2019s attempt to use the political system for his personal legal benefit.<\/p>\n
Most recently a war crimes prosecutor at The Hague, Smith is a longtime federal prosecutor known for his aggressiveness<\/a>. \u201cI was described by Steve Bannon (and, sigh, many others) as a pit bull,\u201d former Justice Department lawyer Andrew Weissmann, who worked on special counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s investigation of Trump and Russia, tweeted<\/a>. \u201cJack Smith makes me look like a golden retriever puppy.\u201d<\/p>\n