A federal watchdog investigation into former special counsel Jack Smith’s two prosecutions against President Donald Trump is predicated on “imaginary and unfounded” accusations, attorneys for Smith said in a letter obtained by NCS.
The letter dated Monday from Smith’s legal professionals is the primary time the previous special counsel has responded to accusations leveled against his investigations into the president by conservative lawmakers and media retailers, together with the present legal professional common.
Smith spearheaded the 2 federal felony instances introduced against Trump – one for allegedly mishandling categorised paperwork and one other for his efforts to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 presidential election. Both instances have been deserted by Smith after Trump gained reelection.
“Mr. Smith followed well-established legal principles in conducting the investigations into President Trump, and the courts presiding over the resulting prosecutions have already rejected the spurious allegations that the manner in which Mr. Smith prosecuted these cases was somehow improper,” his attorneys Lanny Breuer and Peter Koski wrote.
The New York Times first reported the letter.
The letter was addressed to Jamieson Greer, the pinnacle of the Office of the Special Counsel, an impartial watchdog workplace that has no affiliation with the workplace Smith used to run. Trump appointed Greer to the position in an appearing capability after he fired the earlier head of the workplace, who was appointed by President Joe Biden for a five-year time period.
Greer’s workplace has launched an investigation into whether or not Smith improperly engaged in political actions by his prosecutions against Trump. The investigation was made public after Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas claimed that “Smith used his DOJ role to influence the election” in favor of Biden’s and Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential campaigns.
Smith’s attorneys this week mentioned that the investigation is “premised on a partisan complaint that suggests the ordinary operation of the criminal justice system should be disrupted by the whims of a political contest.”
“But the notion that justice should yield to politics is antithetical to the rule of law,” it says.
The Office of Special Counsel declined to remark.