First of all, that moment where the member of Congress addressed and blamed the police officers was an outrage, ridiculous, and an embarrassment, and I think undermined the points they were trying to make. To your question, Brianna, the last congressman we saw brought up the fact that Jack Smith demanded a trial date four months out, five months out, in a case involving 13 million pages of documents,
Theoretically, what happens if there is election interference and the people who are responsible for that are not held accountable? Democratic congresswoman Pramila Jayapal asked. It becomes the new norm, and that becomes how we conduct elections, Smith replied, according to the transcript. And so the toll on our democracy, if you had to describe that, what would that be? the congresswoman asked. Catastrophic, Smith said.
Former special counsel Jack Smith and three other former prosecutors who investigated President Donald Trump and the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol are starting their own law firm, which will launch in January, Law.com reports.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Van Heusen) has subpoenaed former special counsel Jack Smith, and because Congressman Jordan has no real guts, has requested he appear in a closed session. From Politico: Smith's lawyer Peter Koski said in a statement that his client looked forward to meeting with the panel later this month but that he regretted he could not appear in a public setting.
