Is special counsel Jack Smith a Democrat or Republican? What are his politics?
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Career prosecutor Jack Smith was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland as the special counsel who will investigate former President Donald Trump. That has Smith’s politics under scrutiny.
Is Smith a Democrat or Republican?
Politico reported that Smith is “registered to vote in the U.S. as a political independent.” Even the conservative organization Newsmax reports that Smith is “said to be a political independent.”
Garland was appointed to his position by President Joe Biden. Smith is a career prosecutor. The main criticism from conservatives focuses on his involvement with the IRS scandal, which they believe singled out and targeted conservative organizations.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the appointment of a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department’s investigations into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified government documents and the aftermath of the 2020 election https://t.co/WEoZCOAKal pic.twitter.com/yM1Px1hls6
Reuters (@Reuters) November 19, 2022
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Garland’s press release states:
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced today the appointment of former career Justice Department prosecutor and former chief prosecutor for the special court in The Hague, Jack Smith, to serve as Special Counsel to oversee two ongoing criminal investigations. The first is the investigation, as described in court filings in the District of Columbia, into whether any person or entity unlawfully interfered with the transfer of power following the 2020 presidential election or the certification of the Electoral College vote held on or about January 6, 2021. The second is the ongoing investigation involving classified documents and other presidential records, as well as the possible obstruction of that investigation, referenced and described in court filings submitted in a pending matter in the Southern District of Florida.
The appointment comes just days after Trump announced he was running for president in 2024. According to Politico, “Smith, a 1994 Harvard Law School graduate, led the department’s public integrity section for five years as a career official during the Obama administration before taking on a position at the U.S. attorney’s office in the Middle District of Tennessee.”
Smith released a statement promising a fair investigation:
NEW from Special Counsel Jack Smith:
“The pace of the investigations will not pause or flag under my watch. I will exercise independent judgement and will move the investigations forward expeditiously and thoroughly to whatever outcome the facts and the law dictate.” pic.twitter.com/p9ZFsXMI4J
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) November 18, 2022
Here’s what you need to know:
Jack Smith is well known and liked in leftist circles because of his role in the IRS scandal, working with Lois Lerner to illicitly target conservative groups. @Jim_Jordan and @DarrellIssa sent the below letter in 2014 mentioning himhttps://t.co/O4S7YsRGas https://t.co/1SVoAvScwj
— ????Mike Howell???? (@MHowellTweets) November 18, 2022
Mike Howell, who ran The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project and was previously an attorney for the House Oversight Committee, tweeted, “Jack Smith is well known and liked in leftist circles because of his role in the IRS scandal, working with Lois Lerner to illicitly target conservative groups.
