Former special counsel #JackSmith wanted to file a motion to have #FarRight #Trump appointed US District Judge #AileenCannon disqualified from overseeing the Mar-a-Lago #ClassifiedDocuments case against Trump, according to a new book by Carol D. Leonnig & Aaron C. Davis.

But he hit a brick wall & felt unable to escalate the situation.

The book, " #Injustice," details the #criminal cases against Trump.

#law #DOJ
https://www.rawstory.com/jack-smith-2674262772/

Former special counsel #JackSmith wanted to file a motion to have #FarRight #Trump appointed US District Judge #AileenCannon disqualified from overseeing the Mar-a-Lago #ClassifiedDocuments case against Trump, according to a new book by Carol D. Leonnig & Aaron C. Davis.

But he hit a brick wall & felt unable to escalate the situation.

The book, " #Injustice," details the #criminal cases against Trump.

#law #DOJ
https://www.rawstory.com/jack-smith-2674262772/

Trump’s unrelenting fast-track drive to humiliate, investigate & prosecute the people he hates has gained momentum, in part, because his targets have not been in a position to inflict serious retributive pain on him.

#JackSmith is different.

Smith, the special counsel who twice indicted #Trump, appears unintimidated by the president’s demand that Republican lawmakers investigate him & that the #DOJ put him in prison for as-yet unproved & unspecified crimes.

#law #SeditiousConspiracy #coup

#GiftArticle

#JackSmith, #Trump’s Target, Shifts From Defense to Counterattack

The former special counsel has told people in his orbit he welcomes the opportunity to present the public case against the president denied to him by adverse court rulings & the 2024 election.

Bring it.

#law #SeditiousConspiracy #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #insurrection
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/us/politics/jack-smith-trump-investigations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yU8.olrq.3OTGE8r_e1HD&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Quite the opposite, in fact. #JackSmith, who spent >2 years aggressively collecting evidence to prove #Trump mishandled #ClassifiedDocuments & tried to overturn the results of the #2020election, appears eager to publicly challenge a foundational pillar of #MAGA canon: that Trump was a sinned-upon innocent who did nothing to deserve scrutiny, much less 2 prosecutions.

#law #SeditiousConspiracy #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #insurrection

…Until now, #Trump, in the half-joking estimation of one longtime adviser, has been able to order up investigations of his political enemies like Ubers.

But in two low-key but self-assured appearances over the past six weeks, #JackSmith has made it unmistakably clear that he will not only defend himself but take a hammer to Trump’s exaggerated or false claims about his work as special counsel.

#law #SeditiousConspiracy #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #insurrection

Whether #JackSmith gets the chance to confront his accusers on the biggest official stage available to him, a public #House or #Senate hearing, remains very much an open question. Some #Republicans have privately expressed concern that #Trump’s quest for vengeance could backfire by giving a credible anticorruption investigator an open mic.

#law #SeditiousConspiracy #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #insurrection

#JackSmith has told people in his orbit that he welcomes the opportunity to present the public case against #Trump denied to him by #SCOTUS decision asserting broad presidential #immunity from prosecution & adverse rulings from a Trump-appointed judge on the federal bench in Florida.

#law #SeditiousConspiracy #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #insurrection

Quite the opposite, in fact. #JackSmith, who spent >2 years aggressively collecting evidence to prove #Trump mishandled #ClassifiedDocuments & tried to overturn the results of the #2020election, appears eager to publicly challenge a foundational pillar of #MAGA canon: that Trump was a sinned-upon innocent who did nothing to deserve scrutiny, much less 2 prosecutions.

#law #SeditiousConspiracy #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #insurrection

Trump’s unrelenting fast-track drive to humiliate, investigate & prosecute the people he hates has gained momentum, in part, because his targets have not been in a position to inflict serious retributive pain on him.

#JackSmith is different.

Smith, the special counsel who twice indicted #Trump, appears unintimidated by the president’s demand that Republican lawmakers investigate him & that the #DOJ put him in prison for as-yet unproved & unspecified crimes.

#law #SeditiousConspiracy #coup

#GiftArticle

#JackSmith, #Trump’s Target, Shifts From Defense to Counterattack

The former special counsel has told people in his orbit he welcomes the opportunity to present the public case against the president denied to him by adverse court rulings & the 2024 election.

Bring it.

#law #SeditiousConspiracy #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #insurrection
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/us/politics/jack-smith-trump-investigations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yU8.olrq.3OTGE8r_e1HD&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

A U.S. federal agency has opened a formal investigation into former special counsel Jack Smith, who oversaw two criminal probes into President Donald Trump following his first term in the White House. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/03/world/politics/trump-jack-smith-probe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #jacksmith #congress