Thursday, November 7, 2024

Hit the Road, Jack. But Don't Go Too Far

Jack Smith lurched into a Washington courtroom in September, fully aware all eyes had turned to him.

After spending at least $50 million in tax dollars to bring two unprecedented indictments against Donald Trump, Special Counsel Jack Smith should get his turn under prying eyes.

Surrounded by a team of federal prosecutors and guarded by a government-paid security detail, Smith, a lanky man with a scruffy beard and ill-fitting suit, stood behind the government’s table with arms folded.

He slowly turned around with a partial scowl to appraise the audience—mostly reporters and D.C. residents eager to watch the restart of his January 6-related case against Donald Trump—to make sure he was noticed.

That appearance, perhaps unbeknownst to him at the time, looks like Smith’s last time in a federal courtroom as the special counsel prosecuting Trump.

Weak Republicans in Congress undoubtedly will resist efforts to investigate and audit Smith but Trump should ignore them.

Expenses include a protective detail for Smith; travel expenses; and millions in unspecified “contractual services.” Time to see who and what companies profited off the special counsel grift.

He did not speak during the proceedings. 

https://www.declassified.live/p/hit-the-road-jack-but-dont-go-too 

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