Jack Smith Is a Fanatic

A sense of righteousness doesn’t always make good law.

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Then-special counsel Jack Smith makes a statement to reporters at his offices in Washington, D.C., June 9, 2023.

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Jack Smith is, almost surely, a fanatic.

By that, I don’t mean he’s a committed progressive ideologue. Partisan politics is almost beside the point. Rather, he is in all likelihood a Liz Cheney–style zealot driven by a burning hatred of Donald Trump and all he represents.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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