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Jack Smith says DOJ ‘can't do its job’ because of judges’ distrust of prosecutors
Key takeaways
- Smith, the special counsel who brought charges against Trump following his first term, argued that the department has fundamentally weakened under Trump.
- Smith said it angers him to see public servants who work on cases that aren t favorable to Trump or his allies demonized for doing their jobs by the Trump administration.
- A week into Trump s second term, the DOJ fired prosecutors and other colleagues of Smith s who prosecuted Trump.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
Smith, the special counsel who brought charges against Trump following his first term, argued that the department has fundamentally weakened under Trump.
Regardless of what you think politically, they re just not effective at doing their job anymore, he said in an interview on MS NOW s Deadline: White House — his first interview since resigning 10 days before Trump s second inauguration.
He acknowledged it could happen that he d be indicted by the DOJ for angering Trump by prosecuting him, as others like former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James have seemingly been targeted as Trump s perceived political enemies.
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