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"Mr. Smith followed well-established legal principles in conducting the investigations into President Trump, and the courts presiding over the resulting prosecutions have already rejected the spurious allegations that the manner in which Mr. Smith prosecuted these cases was somehow improper,” his attorneys Lanny Breuer and Peter Koski wrote.
The New York Times first reported the letter...addressed to Jamieson Greer, the head of the Office of the Special Counsel, an independent watchdog office that has no affiliation with the office Smith used to run. ...Greer’s office has launched an investigation into whether Smith improperly engaged in political activities through his prosecutions against Trump. The investigation was made public after Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas claimed that “Smith used his DOJ role to influence the election” in favor of Biden’s and Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential campaigns.
Smith’s attorneys this week said that the investigation is “premised on a partisan complaint that suggests the ordinary operation of the criminal justice system should be disrupted by the whims of a political contest.”
“But the notion that justice should yield to politics is antithetical to the rule of law,” it says.
The Office of Special Counsel declined to comment.
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Smith runs circles around them. Of course the GOP didn't want their candidate standing trial and possibly convicted for crimes, but it was in the public's best interest to know if the candidate is a convicted criminal felon.
What the GOP wanted is "antithetical to the rule of law." Imagine that.
The New York Times first reported the letter...addressed to Jamieson Greer, the head of the Office of the Special Counsel, an independent watchdog office that has no affiliation with the office Smith used to run. ...Greer’s office has launched an investigation into whether Smith improperly engaged in political activities through his prosecutions against Trump. The investigation was made public after Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas claimed that “Smith used his DOJ role to influence the election” in favor of Biden’s and Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential campaigns.
Smith’s attorneys this week said that the investigation is “premised on a partisan complaint that suggests the ordinary operation of the criminal justice system should be disrupted by the whims of a political contest.”
“But the notion that justice should yield to politics is antithetical to the rule of law,” it says.
The Office of Special Counsel declined to comment.
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Smith runs circles around them. Of course the GOP didn't want their candidate standing trial and possibly convicted for crimes, but it was in the public's best interest to know if the candidate is a convicted criminal felon.
What the GOP wanted is "antithetical to the rule of law." Imagine that.