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Smith Responds to Trump’s Absurd Lethal-Force Rant with Absurd Gag-Order Motion

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U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith makes a statement to reporters after a grand jury returned an indictment of former president Donald Trump, at Smith’s offices in Washington, D.C., August 1, 2023.

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For a country facing a plethora of serious challenges (go back and read Jim’s Jolts from this week to see what I mean), we sure spend goo-gobs of time on idiocy.

Which brings me, of course, to the latest round of Smith vs. Trump – the Biden Justice Department special counsel squaring off against the former president and de facto GOP presidential nominee, whom Smith has indicted twice, strategically timed to push for multi-month trials in the run-up to the election (while telling the Supreme Court not to worry because the Justice Department would never, ever engage in politicized law-enforcement).

Andrew C. McCarthy

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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