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Jack Smith, the former special counsel who brought two federal indictments against Donald Trump, said he believes the rule of law is under an unprecedented attack during his first televised interview since resigning from the Justice Department less than two weeks before Trump returned to office in 2025.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to MS NOW\u2019s Nicolle Wallace on Thursday, Smith said the attack is \u201cdifferent in kind and scope to anything I\u2019ve seen in my lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have investigated cases focusing on the facts and law throughout my career. We did this case the same way, under the same standards,\u201d said Smith, who brought charges accusing Trump of interfering in the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

Smith told Wallace that he approached the investigation the same way he handled every case during his career: relying on the facts and the law rather than politics.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have investigated cases focusing on the facts and law throughout my career. We did this case the same way, under the same standards,\u201d Smith told MS NOW. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing that\u2019s important for your viewers to know is those standards are not meant to change from one administration to the next, and in my experience \u2014 until now \u2014 they haven\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the election interference case, Smith said Trump was culpable in the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, after he lost to Joe Biden in the November election. The rioters were trying to stop the House from certifying the election results after Trump told them to march to the Capitol.<\/p>\n

Smith also indicted Trump on federal criminal charges of retaining classified documents at his Mar-a-Largo home in Florida after his first term ended.<\/p>\n

Smith was\u00a0appointed special counsel in 2022 by then-Attorney General Merrick Garland to independently lead \u00a0the investigations.<\/p>\n

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Both criminal cases led to federal indictments but were ultimately dismissed after Trump won his second term, due to a long-standing Department of Justice policy that prevents sitting presidents from facing criminal prosecution.<\/p>\n

The president and his allies have long accused Smith of \u201cweaponizing\u201d the Justice Department for political retribution against Trump. Smith has faced intense attacks from Trump and his Republican allies on Capitol Hill ,who mounted an aggressive probe into his work as special counsel, alleging that his investigations were politically motivated.<\/p>\n

The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Smith to testify about the probes in December. In a 250-page\u00a0transcript released\u00a0after Smith sat for the eight-hour, closed-door deposition before the committee, the former special counsel rejected the accusations of political persecution.<\/p>\n

In a heated five-hour hearing before the committee in January, Smith described the breadth of evidence he had collected against Trump during the prosecutions. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur proof showed that he caused what happened on Jan. 6,\u201d Smith said of Trump during the hearing. \u201cThat it was foreseeable, and that he exploited that violence.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trump condemned Smith on Truth Social during the hearing and called on then-Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate him.<\/p>\n

Smith\u00a0resigned\u00a0in January 2025 days after completing a two-volume his findings in both cases. The first volume detailed the four felony charges against Trump related to alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 election results. The Justice Department found that there was enough evidence to convict Trump of election interference by working to overthrow his loss to Biden.<\/p>\n

But the release of the second volume, detailing Trump\u2019s alleged mishandling of sensitive government documents and obstruction of a related federal probe, was permanently blocked in February by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee. <\/p>\n

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