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Attorney General Merrick Garland named Jack Smith special counsel on Nov. 18, 2022, to oversee the federal investigations into efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the handling of classified documents and other presidential records.
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On November 18, 2022, Attorney General Merrick Garland named Jack Smith special counsel to oversee two existing Trump-related investigations: the election-interference probe and the classified-documents case. Smith said the work would continue without “pause or flag.”
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On November 18, 2022, Attorney General Merrick Garland named Jack Smith special counsel to oversee two existing Trump-related investigations: the election-interference probe and the classified-documents case. Smith said the work would continue without “pause or flag.”
Attorney General Merrick Garland named Jack Smith special counsel on Nov. 18, 2022, to oversee the federal investigations into efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the handling of classified documents and other presidential records.
On November 18, 2022, the Justice Department named Jack Smith special counsel to oversee the election-interference and classified-documents investigations tied to Donald Trump. Merrick Garland said the move was meant to preserve independence and keep the work moving, not to signal that the cases were suddenly starting from scratch or that charges were imminent.
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