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== Appointment by Merrick Garland as Special Counsel ==
== Appointment by Merrick Garland as Special Counsel ==
''[[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> The order appointing Smith on Nov. 18, 2022, is posted on the [[DOJ]] website.<ref>https://www.justice.gov/d9/press-releases/attachments/2022/11/18/2022.11.18_order_5559-2022.pdf</ref> Sundance of Theconservativetreehouse summarizes the background:
''[[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> The order appointing Smith on Nov. 18, 2022, is posted on the [[DOJ]] website.<ref>https://www.justice.gov/d9/press-releases/attachments/2022/11/18/2022.11.18_order_5559-2022.pdf</ref> Sundance of Theconservativetreehouse summarizes the intent:
{{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>}}