Smith had been tapped by the Justice Department to lead two high-profile criminal cases involving President Donald Trump ...
BREAKING: U.S. Office of Special Counsel launches probe into Jack Smith after GOP senator alleges he violated the Hatch Act during Trump investigations.
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Ex-Trump prosecutor Jack Smith faces investigation by independent political watchdog
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... An independent watchdog agency responsible for enforcing a law against partisan political activity by federal employees has opened an investigation into Jack Smith, the Justice Department special counsel who brought two criminal cases against then-candidate Donald Trump before his election to the White House last year.
The Office of Special Counsel confirmed Saturday that it was investigating Smith on allegations he engaged in political activity through his inquiries into Trump. Smith was named special counsel by then-Attorney General Merrick Garland in November 2022 and his special counsel title is entirely distinct from the agency now investigating him. The office has no criminal enforcement power but does have the authority to impose fines and other sanctions for violations.
It was not clear what basis exists to contend that Smith's investigations were political in nature or that he violated the Hatch Act, a federal law that bans certain public officials from engaging in political activity. Sen. Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, had earlier this week encouraged the office to scrutinize Smith's activities and had alleged that his conduct was designed to help then-President Joe Biden and his vice president Kamala Harris, both Democrats. ...
Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (1999)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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This is about the Spanish Civil War, and the idealism of people from around the world who volunteered to be part of the International Brigade fighting Franco's fascist army ...
[Verse 1]
The future teaches you to be alone
The present to be afraid and cold
So if I can shoot rabbits
Then I can shoot fascists
Bullets for your brain today
But we'll forget it all again
Monuments put from pen to paper
Turns me into a gutless wonder
[Chorus]
And if you tolerate this, then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this, then your children will be next
Will be next, will be next, will be next
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@#3 ... Cry all you want but the gig is up... Jack should have continued his prosecution if he had the juice, but he didn't... ...
He didn't continue because the DoJ guidelines states that a sitting President cannot be investigated.
A Sitting President's Amenability to Indictment and Criminal Prosecution (2000)
www.justice.gov
... The indictment or criminal prosecution of a sitting President would unconstitutionally undermine the capacity of the executive branch to perform its constitutionally assigned functions. ...
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