‘No white knight’: Jack Smith’s record rife with mistrials, overturned convictions, judicial rebukes
By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times - Tuesday, July 4, 2023
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jul/4/jack-smiths-record-rife-mistrials-overturned-convi/
It seems like the accuser might have a personal grudge against Jack Smith and reason to have an allegiance to Trump.
'“These are no white knights. They are very dangerous and will use any tactics to win at all costs,” said former Rep. Rick Renzi, an Arizona Republican whom Mr. Smith’s team convicted in 2013 on corruption and fraud charges.
Mr. Renzi maintained his innocence but served nearly two years in prison before
Mr. Trump pardoned him in 2021.
More about Jack Smith:
Smith began his career in the 1990s as a prosecutor in the New York County district attorney’s office. He later served as chief of criminal litigation and in other capacities at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.
From 2008 to 2010, Smith served as an investigation coordinator in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in the Hague. He supervised investigations of foreign government officials and militia for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.
From 2010 to 2015, Smith supervised the litigation of complex public corruption cases nationwide for the Justice Department.
In 2015, Smith was appointed first assistant U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. He later worked at Hospital Corporation of America, a health care company and hospital operator. He also was a specialist prosecutor for the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, which has a seat in The Hague. The office, established after an international agreement, has jurisdiction over crimes against humanity, war crimes and other crimes under Kosovo law.
Smith graduated from Harvard Law School and the State University of New York at Oneonta and has received numerous awards from the Justice Department and bar associations.
Reuters reported that
Smith is not registered with any political party.https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politifact/2023/06/12/ask-politifact-who-is-jack-smith-the-special-counsel-in-trump-classified-documents-case/When Smith is not busy competing in Ironman swim-cycle-run triathlon races, according to his former colleagues, he is working as a dogged investigator who is open-minded and not afraid to pursue the truth.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/who-is-jack-smith-special-counsel-who-brought-trump-indictment-2023-06-08/But Jack Smith has also lost cases.
https://americafirstpolicy.com/latest/fact-sheet-jack-smith-a-record-that-speaks-for-itselfIn his prosecutorial history he has shown himself to be nonpartisan.
Smith’s unit also pursued criminal charges against Edwards, a former senator, the vice-presidential running mate for then-Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) when he was the Democratic Party’s unsuccessful nominee against President George W. Bush...
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/special-counsel-jack-smith-mixed-history-pursuing-politicians
