***Official Jack Smith Thread*** Smith requests Congress and the Justice Dept. let him testify in public

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Thought he had a thread dedicated to him, but all I could find was one on a DOJ report he submitted with his prosecution efforts.

Anyway...since he is on Trump's enemies target list, he is still in the news.

 

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https://www.alternet.org/jack-smith-trump-investigation/

'Nothing like it has ever happened': Jack Smith rips DOJ’s politicization under Trump

Former special counsel Jack Smith has, for the first time, publicly defended the investigation he led into President Donald Trump, calling it “ludicrous” to suggest the work was politically motivated. He also criticized the current Department of Justice's actions.

“I worked in the department for years — Republican, Democrat, Republican. I was the acting U.S. attorney in the first Trump administration in Tennessee. Nothing like what we see now has ever gone on. This case in New York City, where the case against [NY Mayor Eric Adams] was dismissed in the hopes that he would support the president’s political agenda. I mean, just so you know, nothing like it has ever happened that I’ve ever heard of,” he said.

Smith made these remarks on October 8 during a panel discussion at University College London. They gained renewed attention Tuesday after being highlighted on MSNBC.

Meanwhile, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee asked Smith Tuesday to sit for a hearing as part of a broader GOP push against Trump’s perceived opponents.

In a Tuesday letter, Rep. Jim Jordan (R‑OH) accused Smith’s Trump prosecutions of being “partisan and politically motivated.” His scrutiny deepened after reports that Smith’s team requested FBI analysis of the phone records of several Republican lawmakers during the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Smith, serving as special counsel, had indicted Trump on two fronts in 2023: one alleging efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and another accusing improper retention of classified documents at Mar‑a‑Lago. 

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Hear Jack Smith speak (I hadn't before):

 

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He’s 100% right. 
 

One of the biggest lies by Trump, which all of the MAGA types seem to have bought into, is that the DOJ under Biden behaved badly, practiced lawfare, etc., and that in term justifies the crimes Trump is committing now. It’s total bullsh!t. 

In fact the only wrong that Biden’s DOJ committed was hesitating a couple of years before indicting Trump. They should have done so in 2021. Then he would be in jail, where he belongs, and we wouldn’t have the horrific situation in this country we face today. For this the blame has to go to Garland. 

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The fact that the op mentions insurrection tells me all I need to know. Nothing but yet another bs leftist agenda 

msdnc  

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If I were to draw a picture of Satan it would look a lot like Jack Smith. 

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Fun Fact:

Jack Smith was appointed Special Counsel after classified documents were removed from Mar-a-Lago during an FBI search. 

 

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https://www.newsweek.com/jack-smith-special-counsel-donald-trump-doj-probe-10897001

Jack Smith Faces New DOJ Scrutiny

Former special counsel Jack Smith has been formally referred to the Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility and two state bar panels for potential misconduct and disbarment, following revelations that his team secretly obtained phone metadata from nine Republican lawmakers during the Biden administration’s investigation into 2020 election interference, the New York Post first reported.

In a letter sent Friday to Attorney General Pam Bondi, led by Republican Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn, GOP lawmakers accused Smith of violating constitutional protections by subpoenaing telecom companies for call logs, including time, duration, recipient, and location, without clear legal justification.

Newsweek reached out to Blackburn's office via contact form and Smith's attorney via email for comment on Friday afternoon. The Department of Justice declined to comment.

 

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You know, it’s funny. I think this happened because Jack Smith just did an interview where he made several statements:

- “The DOJ was my home for many, many years. That home is now on fire.”

- “In a society where the rule of law is eroding, you can have a situation where if you’re a Latino citizen… you can be stopped, detained, your liberty taken because of the color of your skin. Or maybe because you were speaking Spanish… whereas we all know that if you were white, that would never happen.” 

- “You do the right thing. You do it the right way. And you do it for the right reasons.” 
-  “Trust that has been won and earned over generations has been lost in weeks.”

- “Stand up to powerful people, and stand up for vulnerable people. Wherever and whenever you can.

- “As Martin Luther King Jr. reminded us, the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. But that arc doesn’t bend on its own. We need to make that happen.”

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Still he hasn’t talked about the work he was doing, & in particular he’s never said what he thought Trump was ultimately doing with the classified documents he stole. This seems like a really foolish maneuver by the Trumpis as Smith could ultimately get to unfurl many of the things that DOJ rules have prevented him from saying.

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SO WHAT’S A ‘TOLL RECORD’ AND HOW IS IT OBTAINED?

Well, it isn’t phone-tapping. Such records don’t include information about the content of calls, especially in real-time.

Instead, toll records include data about calls, allowing for potential analysis of the “source or destination of a call; the times of calls; and the dates, frequency, sequence, patterns, and duration of calls to/from one or many telephones” (as a fairly old Justice Department handbook explains). It’s not clear what information about calls to or from the senators’ phones were obtained by the FBI, given the qualifier “limited” in the published document’s description. 

Importantly, the authorization for obtaining the records followed the approval of a subpoena by a grand jury, according to CBS News. In other words, this wasn’t the FBI simply digging into phone records. It was the government presenting a case to grand jurors that the records would be useful in their investigation and the jurors agreeing.<<

Bump

This is the most legal thing there ever was.

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https://x.com/Brucenewsreview/status/1979585638631682183

A lead member of former special counsel Jack Smith’s legal team is joining forces with former FBI Director James Comey, who faces charges of making a false statement to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding. 

Michael Dreeben will now beef up the legal team defending Comey, according to Politico.

Dreeben previously led Smith’s team in delivering arguments before the Supreme Court that Trump does not have absolute immunity for official acts. The debate around absolute immunity became an issue when Smith led the Biden DOJ’s election-interference prosecution against Trump. Trump argued the case was weaponized against him for political purposes, and he contended he was innocent of the DOJ’s charges that he sought to overturn the 2020 election during his actions on Jan. 6, 2021, due to an interpretation of the Constitution that he held absolute immunity for acts he committed as president.

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1 hour ago, squistion said:

Michael Dreeben will now beef up the legal team defending Comey, according to Politico.

This is like Wemby showing up for the 8th grade CYO basketball game. It’s a ridiculous mismatch, especially with Fitzgerald already on board.

I can’t imagine who would stand in for DOJ if & when their pursuit of Smith ends in an indictment. They still haven’t named anyone for the James case, which is ridiculous, an indictment of any kind & no one knows who the prosecutors are.

But to tie it in, every time Ed Martin, Miller & Co. do this the more it adds strength to the malicious prosecution motions which are coming in all these cases. The Leader’s statements only add weight to it all.

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3 hours ago, squistion said:

https://x.com/Brucenewsreview/status/1979585638631682183

A lead member of former special counsel Jack Smith’s legal team is joining forces with former FBI Director James Comey, who faces charges of making a false statement to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding. 

Michael Dreeben will now beef up the legal team defending Comey, according to Politico.

Dreeben previously led Smith’s team in delivering arguments before the Supreme Court that Trump does not have absolute immunity for official acts. The debate around absolute immunity became an issue when Smith led the Biden DOJ’s election-interference prosecution against Trump. Trump argued the case was weaponized against him for political purposes, and he contended he was innocent of the DOJ’s charges that he sought to overturn the 2020 election during his actions on Jan. 6, 2021, due to an interpretation of the Constitution that he held absolute immunity for acts he committed as president.

Cool. They can share clown makeup. 

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We’ll do it live.

Please make this happen!

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Oh no!! Not Vanderpool!! 

 

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Just now, thegeneral said:

We’ll do it live.

Please make this happen!

What are you gonna do live? 

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1 minute ago, seafoam1 said:

What are you gonna do live? 

Are you drunk today?

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1 minute ago, thegeneral said:

Are you drunk today?

What are you gonna do live? 

You just said it. You are gonna do something live. 

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4 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

We’ll do it live.

Please make this happen!

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Just now, seafoam1 said:

What are you gonna do live? 

You just said it. 

Jack Smith wants to have his testimony before Congress open. Not behind closed doors. We’ll do it live is a reference to the famous clip of Bill O’Reilly freaking out.

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6 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

We’ll do it live.

Please make this happen!

What are you gonna do live?

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6 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

What are you gonna do live?

Deez

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1 minute ago, thegeneral said:

Deez

You are going to "Deez"?

 

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1 minute ago, seafoam1 said:

 

3 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

Deez

You are going to "Deez"?

Deez Nuts!

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5 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

Deez Nuts!

I agree. This is stupid and your boy squiddy is simply another retard for starting this thread. 

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3 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

I agree. This is stupid and your boy squiddy is simply another retard for starting this thread. 

I would love to see Jack Smith testify live. You wouldn’t? 

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2 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

I would love to see Jack Smith testify live. You wouldn’t? 

You said "we". What are you going to do? 

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4 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

You said "we". What are you going to do? 

Never mind

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1 minute ago, thegeneral said:

Never mind

ok. So nothing. That sounds like a liberal. Unless you commit violence which is normal for libtards.

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3 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

ok. So nothing. That sounds like a liberal. Unless you commit violence which is normal for libtards.

I explained it to you. We’ll do it live is a meme.

I would love to watch an open testimony. Do it!!

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CNN with the specifics:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/politics/jack-smith-asks-to-testify-congress

Jack Smith asks Congress and the Justice Department to allow him to testify publicly

Former special counsel Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Department allow him to testify publicly, according to a new letter he sent Thursday to the leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary committees.

Smith says he wants to testify “in open hearings” because of “the many mischaracterizations” around his investigations that led to criminal charges against Donald Trump in 2023 for alleged mishandling classified records and actions related to the 2020 election results.

The letter, obtained by CNN, reflects a bubbling inquiry from Republicans in Congress who have accused Smith of wrongdoing in overseeing the prosecutors’ office. Smith has maintained he followed all court and Justice Department protocols.

Smith’s lawyers on Thursday told the Republican committee leaders, however, that he would need reassurance from the Justice Department that “he will not be punished” for testimony, since some of the facts of his special office investigations are still under seal in court or protected by grand jury secrecy rules.

Jack Smith’s lawyers are expected to formally seek guidance from the Justice Department regarding possible congressional testimony, but have not done so yet, a source familiar to the plans told CNN.

The letter sent Thursday by Smith’s attorneys to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan and Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley also said their client needed “access” to the files created during his time as special counsel “to provide full and accurate answers” to their questions.

“Jack Smith certainly has a lot of answering to do, but first, Congress needs to have all the facts at its disposal,” Grassley told CNN in a statement. “Hearings should follow once the investigative foundation has been firmly set, which is why I’m actively working with the DOJ and FBI to collect all relevant records that Mr. Smith had years to become familiar with.”

Rep. Jamie Raskin, top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, urged his committee leaders to accept Smith’s offer.

“I can think of no reason to deny the American people the opportunity to hear his testimony, under oath and with questioning from Members of both parties, and to let all Americans judge for themselves the integrity of Mr. Smith’s investigations. There is no reason his appearance should be in the shadows of a backroom and subject to the usual tiresome partisan tactics of leak-and-distort,” Raskin said in his own letter Thursday.

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7 minutes ago, squistion said:

CNN with the specifics:

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18 hours ago, thegeneral said:

 

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1 minute ago, edjr said:

 

An all time classic!

Peefoam is still confused eating his pudding.

 

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1 hour ago, squistion said:

Jack Smith’s lawyers are expected to formally seek guidance from the Justice Department regarding possible congressional testimony, but have not done so yet, a source familiar to the plans told CNN.

The letter sent Thursday by Smith’s attorneys to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan and Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley also said their client needed “access” to the files created during his time as special counsel “to provide full and accurate answers” to their questions.

The OSC is supposed to be independent, it replaced the former ‘independent counsel’ system that existed in the 90s. 

And here we go with the DJ hiding the documents again.

Btw the person picked by at rump to head up Office of Special Counsel is / was Paul Ingrassia, the neonnazi (etc etc) who stink so much even the slavish GOP senators threw him back into the canal. Link.