Smith
(Photo
by
Tom
Brenner
for
The
Washington
Post
via
Getty
Images)
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.
You
can
watch
the
full
segment
below.
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