GOP questions impartiality of new Trump special counsel

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From President Donald J. Trump:

Republicans are raising questions about the impartiality of Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland to oversee the probe into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents and refusal to accept the results of the 2020 election.

GOP lawmakers note that Smith played a role in the IRS’ targeting of conservative nonprofits during the Obama era and point to the work and political donations of his spouse.

“Joe Biden’s DOJ’s special counsel Jack Smith is compromised,” said Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y. “The corrupt weaponization and politicization of Biden’s DOJ must be stopped.”

Smith began his career as a prosecutor in 1994 as an assistant district attorney in New York. In 1999, he joined the Justice Department as an assistant U.S. attorney, where prosecuted police and political corruption.

Read the full article by Haris Alic with Fox News here. 

Author: Press Release