Attorney General Merrick Garland named veteran prosecutor Jack Smith as special counsel in the probe of former President Donald Trump. Smith recently has been the chief prosecutor for the Hague special court that is investigating international war crimes.
at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate as well as key aspects of a separate probe involving the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and efforts to undo the 2020 election., is a recognition of the unmistakable political implications of two investigations that involve not only a former president but also a current White House hopeful.
The role will be filled by Jack Smith, a veteran prosecutor who led the Justice Department’s public integrity section in Washington and who later served as the acting chief federal prosecutor in Nashville, Tennessee, during the Obama administration. More recently, he has been the chief prosecutor for the special court in the Hague that is tasked with investigating international war crimes.
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