"WASHINGTON (AP) Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers in a closed-door interview Wednesday that his team of investigators "developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt" that President Donald Trump had criminally conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to portions of his opening statement obtained by The Associated Press.
Smith also said investigators had accrued "powerful evidence" Trump broke the law by hoarding classified documents from his first term as president at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, and by obstructing government efforts to recover the records.
"I made my decisions in the investigation without regard to President Trump's political association, activities, beliefs, or candidacy in the 2024 election," Smith said. "We took actions based on what the facts and the law required the very lesson I learned early in my career as a prosecutor.
The committee's top Democrat, Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, said the Republican majority "made an excellent decision" in not allowing Jack Smith to testify publicly "because had he done so, it would have been absolutely devastating to the president and all the president's men involved in the insurrectionary activities" of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021."
Source: AP News Jack Smith tells lawmakers his team developed 'proof beyond a reasonable doubt' against Trump https://share.google/oifvloxhDFUnpR4W6
* I hope Trump and his personal DOJ is dumb enough to pursue the vindictive prosecution case against Jack Smith so that Jack can repeat this testimony and the results of his investigation on the witness stand in front of the jury. What ya figure the odds are that the DOJ has tampered with or destroyed the evidence Smith collected….and that will come out during trial. Oh, and Trump will be called as a defense witness with regard to Smith's Vindictive Prosecution defense.
Smith also said investigators had accrued "powerful evidence" Trump broke the law by hoarding classified documents from his first term as president at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, and by obstructing government efforts to recover the records.
"I made my decisions in the investigation without regard to President Trump's political association, activities, beliefs, or candidacy in the 2024 election," Smith said. "We took actions based on what the facts and the law required the very lesson I learned early in my career as a prosecutor.
The committee's top Democrat, Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, said the Republican majority "made an excellent decision" in not allowing Jack Smith to testify publicly "because had he done so, it would have been absolutely devastating to the president and all the president's men involved in the insurrectionary activities" of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021."
Source: AP News Jack Smith tells lawmakers his team developed 'proof beyond a reasonable doubt' against Trump https://share.google/oifvloxhDFUnpR4W6
* I hope Trump and his personal DOJ is dumb enough to pursue the vindictive prosecution case against Jack Smith so that Jack can repeat this testimony and the results of his investigation on the witness stand in front of the jury. What ya figure the odds are that the DOJ has tampered with or destroyed the evidence Smith collected….and that will come out during trial. Oh, and Trump will be called as a defense witness with regard to Smith's Vindictive Prosecution defense.
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