A US federal agency opened a formal investigation into Jack Smith, ex-Prosecutor who supervised two criminal investigations into the US president after his first term at the White House.
The special counselor’s office confirmed to Reuters that he was investigating with Smith violated the Lei Hatcha rule prohibiting federal employees to use their positions for political activities.
The decision occurs after an investigation request made by the American Senator Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas.
OSC is an independent agency that investigates the conduct of federal employees, but not It has the authority to present criminal accusations. OSC investigation, first reported by the New York Post, is the latest in a series of actions taken by Trump and its allies contra supposed political enemies.
Earlier this week, the American Senator Tom Cotton accused Smith to pursue Trump aggressively with the goal del. The Republican called Smith of “a political actor disguised as a civil servant” in a series of posts in X.
“This is why I asked that interference unprecedented in the 2024 election to be immediately investigated by OSC,” Cotton wrote in X.
Smith He opened two against the US president: one accusing him of retaining confidential material illegally and another related to Trump’s attempts to reverse his 2020 electoral defeat, an effort that triggered o.
None of the cases went to judgment. The processes were postponed and affected by a number of legal contests, including a decision of the majority of the Supreme Court who granted former presidents wide immunity against criminal proceedings.
Smith He withdrew both cases after Trump won the election, citing a Justice Department’s longtime policy against prosecuting an acting president, but released a report in January saying that the evidence he gathered would have been enough to condemn the Republican.
Trump denied any irregularity and attacked the processes as politically motivated attempts to harm his campaign.
