The over-the-top bullying of the Trump II reign continues. Over the weekend it was revealed the Office of Special Counsel opened an investigation into former special prosecutor Jack Smith, otherwise known as a thorn in the side of Donald Trump.
When Trump was a mere wannabe authoritarian, that is, during his most recent candidacy, Smith brought two different criminal cases against him. One alleged Trump conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election, the other was about classified documents found at Mar-A-Lago. And Trump’s retaliatory bend has targeted Smith before, so perhaps it is not shocking that there’s now this investigation into Smith’s political activity in violation of the Hatch Act.
But this latest move of retribution might not work out for Trump. Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann, who worked on the Mueller investigation, appeared on MSNBC, pointing out the potential downside for Trump himself. “If they were actually to bring a case, this is the last thing that you would think the Trump administration and Trump himself would want,” Weissmann said.
“Trump spent years trying to avoid — and largely being successful at avoiding — any of these cases going to trial. And if he’s going to have a trial here, that’s going to be a forum for Jack Smith and people to put on the evidence that he has tried for so long to avoid,” he continued.
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