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Line 11: − The ''[[WSJ]]'' reported that Smith directs “about 40 to 60 lawyers, paralegals, support staff and [[FBI]] agents” and yet only 6 of these taxpayer-funded lawyers have been disclosed to the public as of Aug. 11, 2023.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-trial-special-counsel-jack-smith-prosecutors-team-20d57b78</ref>+ − − On October 6, 2023 Judge Aileen Cannon paused litigation as she considers whether to grant Trump’s motion to extend deadlines related to classified material. Trump Attorneys argued that prosecutors were employing delaying tactics in the discovery process, thereby taking too long to deliver evidence. According to their motion, they deemed the May trial date unworkable. “On July 18, 2023, the Special Counsel’s Office represented to the Court that ‘all’ discovery would be available on ‘day one,’” Trump’s lawyers wrote. They also wrote that Smith’s Florida classified docs trial set for May 20, 2024 and his separate March 4, 2024 DC trial regarding Trump’s so-called effort to stop the transfer of power set for March 4 require “Trump and his lawyers to be in two places at once.” [[CBS News]] reported Trumps lawyers saying, “And, months after the Office’s representation to the Court, discovery is not complete in this case—including with respect to the classified documents at issue in more than 25% of the [Espionage Act] counts in the Superseding Indictment.”<ref>https://libertyonenews.com/judge-in-trump-classified-documents-case-pauses-litigation/</ref> − − Line 20:
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Smith has unjustifiably concealed the identity of his politically motivated prosecutors, but it has been reported that several donated to [[Biden]]'s election campaign in addition to Smith's wife donating a substantial amount to Biden's campaign and the Biden Victory Fund super PAC.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/05/doj-prosecutor-working-special-counsel-jack-smiths-team-is-biden-donor/</ref>
Smith has unjustifiably concealed the identity of his politically motivated prosecutors, but it has been reported that several donated to [[Biden]]'s election campaign in addition to Smith's wife donating a substantial amount to Biden's campaign and the Biden Victory Fund super PAC.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/05/doj-prosecutor-working-special-counsel-jack-smiths-team-is-biden-donor/</ref>
==Bacjground==
'''''Smith has a shockingly weak academic record for someone in his position''''': he graduated merely "cum laude" from [[Harvard]], which means he could have been in the bottom half of his class.<ref>https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1999-06-09-9906100096-story.html</ref> Smith apparently did not serve on a law review. He did not obtain any post-graduation clerkship, as many of his higher-achieving classmates did. Smith's first job after graduation, in the [[Manhattan]] DA's office, was relatively non-selective. It's quite possible he lacks an understanding of basic legal concepts, and the interplay between courts and other branches of government.
'''''Smith has a shockingly weak academic record for someone in his position''''': he graduated merely "cum laude" from [[Harvard]], which means he could have been in the bottom half of his class.<ref>https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1999-06-09-9906100096-story.html</ref> Smith apparently did not serve on a law review. He did not obtain any post-graduation clerkship, as many of his higher-achieving classmates did. Smith's first job after graduation, in the [[Manhattan]] DA's office, was relatively non-selective. It's quite possible he lacks an understanding of basic legal concepts, and the interplay between courts and other branches of government.
The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] unanimously reversed a many-year, multi-million-dollar prosecution by Smith of [[Republican]] Virginia Gov. [[Bob McDonnell]], which cost him more than $27 million to defend.
The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] unanimously reversed a many-year, multi-million-dollar prosecution by Smith of [[Republican]] Virginia Gov. [[Bob McDonnell]], which cost him more than $27 million to defend.
== Appointment by Merrick Garland as Special Counsel ==
== Appointment ==
''[[WSJ]]'' columnist Holman Jenkins wrote, “Mr. Smith was only named after a leak signaling [[Joe Biden]]’s displeasure with the department for not being aggressive enough against Mr. [[Trump]].”<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/special-counsel-2024-election-trump-hunter-biden-david-weiss-merrick-garland-archer-burisma-smith-877d416</ref>
''[[WSJ]]'' columnist Holman Jenkins wrote, “Mr. Smith was only named after a leak signaling [[Joe Biden]]’s displeasure with the department for not being aggressive enough against Mr. [[Trump]].”<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/special-counsel-2024-election-trump-hunter-biden-david-weiss-merrick-garland-archer-burisma-smith-877d416</ref>
Sundance of Theconservativetreehouse summarizes the background:
Sundance of Theconservativetreehouse summarizes the background:
{{quotebox-float|"[[Rod Rosenstein]], [[Robert Mueller]], [[Michael Horowitz]], [[Bill Barr]], [[John Durham]] and now, [[Merrick Garland]], [[Lisa Monaco]] and Jack Smith, were/are all attempting to defend the institutional interests of a comprehensively corrupt [[Washington DC]] political apparatus. All of these participants were/are involved in one long continuum of an effort to hide the corruption and protect the institutions. The [[Weaponization of Government|weaponized institutions of government]], and the evidence of that [[corrupt]] activity, are what they are protecting."<ref>[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/04/23/president-trump-has-nothing-to-fear-from-the-fraud-represented-by-special-counsel-jack-smith/ President Trump Has Nothing to Fear from The Fraud Represented by Special Counsel Jack Smith], April 23, 2023.</ref>}}
{{quotebox-float|"[[Rod Rosenstein]], [[Robert Mueller]], [[Michael Horowitz]], [[Bill Barr]], [[John Durham]] and now, [[Merrick Garland]], [[Lisa Monaco]] and Jack Smith, were/are all attempting to defend the institutional interests of a comprehensively corrupt [[Washington DC]] political apparatus. All of these participants were/are involved in one long continuum of an effort to hide the corruption and protect the institutions. The [[Weaponization of Government|weaponized institutions of government]], and the evidence of that [[corrupt]] activity, are what they are protecting."<ref>[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/04/23/president-trump-has-nothing-to-fear-from-the-fraud-represented-by-special-counsel-jack-smith/ President Trump Has Nothing to Fear from The Fraud Represented by Special Counsel Jack Smith], April 23, 2023.</ref>}}
==''US v. Trump''==
The ''[[WSJ]]'' reported that Smith directs “about 40 to 60 lawyers, paralegals, support staff and [[FBI]] agents” and yet only 6 of these taxpayer-funded lawyers have been disclosed to the public as of Aug. 11, 2023.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-trial-special-counsel-jack-smith-prosecutors-team-20d57b78</ref>
On October 6, 2023 Judge Aileen Cannon paused litigation as she considers whether to grant Trump’s motion to extend deadlines related to classified material. Trump Attorneys argued that prosecutors were employing delaying tactics in the discovery process, thereby taking too long to deliver evidence. According to their motion, they deemed the May trial date unworkable. “On July 18, 2023, the Special Counsel’s Office represented to the Court that ‘all’ discovery would be available on ‘day one,’” Trump’s lawyers wrote. They also wrote that Smith’s Florida classified docs trial set for May 20, 2024 and his separate March 4, 2024 DC trial regarding Trump’s so-called effort to stop the transfer of power set for March 4 require “Trump and his lawyers to be in two places at once.” [[CBS News]] reported Trumps lawyers saying, “And, months after the Office’s representation to the Court, discovery is not complete in this case—including with respect to the classified documents at issue in more than 25% of the [Espionage Act] counts in the Superseding Indictment.”<ref>https://libertyonenews.com/judge-in-trump-classified-documents-case-pauses-litigation/</ref>
==References==
==References==