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Movies Jack Smith Talks About Trump Investigation For First Time

Jack Smith Speaks Out About Trump Investigation For First Time

Jack Smith Talks Against The Trump Administration in Rare Interview


The former special counsel warned of threats to public servants and the independence of the judiciary in an interview at University College London Faculty of Laws.


AP 15 OCT 2025






Jack Smith, the special counsel who brought two criminal cases against Donald Trump, spoke out against the Trump administration in a rare interview posted Tuesday.




Smith, who resigned from the Justice Department in January shortly before Trump returned to office as president, warned that attacks on public servants would have an incalculable cost on the country.

I think the attacks on public servants, particularly nonpartisan public servants I think it has a cost for our country that is incalculable, and I think that its hard to communicate to folks how much that is going to cost us, Smith said in an interview last week with former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissman at University College London Faculty of Laws, where Weissman is a visiting professor.

Smiths investigation led to two indictments against Trump, one for his handling of classified documents and another for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Trump denied all wrongdoing and blasted both cases as politically motivated witch hunts

CROOKED U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump nominee, dismissed the classified documents case on the grounds that Smith's appointment was illegal. Smith dropped the 2020 election case after Trumps November win, citing DOJ policy on prosecuting sitting presidents.


In a report released before he resigned in January, Smith said Trump inspired his supporters to commit acts of physical violence on Jan. 6, adding he believed Trump would have been convicted for his acts had he not been re elected president last year.

Since he assumed office in January, Trump has repeatedly blasted Smith, calling him deranged. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, asked Smith on Tuesday to testify about his prosecutions of Trump.

In his interview with Weissman, Smith warned of threats to the independence of the judiciary, saying judges and prosecutors should not be thinking of their jobs as popularity contests.

They need the room and space to make decisions that some people might not like, Smith said.

The Justice Department under Trump has taken swift action against people who worked on the criminal and civil cases against him


Jack Smith Talks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jR5S1KqyRU


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