He will lead the investigation into secret documents seized from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, as well as the investigation into individual episodes of the break-in at the Capitol.
The former chief prosecutor in The Hague, Jack Smith, has been appointed as an independent prosecutor to oversee criminal investigations into two criminal cases related to former US President Donald Trump. On Friday, November 18, The New York Times reported.
Notice that we are talking about the investigation into Trump’s role in the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 and his handling of classified documents.
The appointment was announced by US Attorney General Merrick Garland. He noted that he was prompted to take this “extraordinary step” by Trump’s announcement that he would run for president in the 2024 election.
Under federal rules, special counsels are appointed to investigate high-profile cases where a conflict of interest may exist. They have more autonomy than ordinary prosecutors, although they operate under the supervision and control of the Attorney General.
As defined, the conflict of interest lies in the fact that the immediate supervisor of the Attorney General, President Biden, has also said that he will run for president in the next election.
In a press conference Friday, Garland emphasized the need for “accountability on sensitive issues,” referring to the former president’s actions. According to him, the investigation will move forward quickly “to the result that the facts and the law will dictate.”
Previously, Smith was chief prosecutor at The Hague and dealt with war crimes in Kosovo. And in the position of Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, he established himself as a confident, charismatic person who did not refuse complex or controversial cases, the newspaper notes, citing conversations with his former colleagues.
Remember that on November 16, Trump announced that he is running for President of the United States from the Republican Party in the 2024 election.
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