At a hearing, Jack Smith says people are threatened with criminal prosecution because they are perceived to have opposed the president. He says that since January 2025 the agents, prosecutors and staff on his team have been vilified "simply because of their unwavering dedication to the rule of law," and warns that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once.
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- Who
- Jack Smith
- Where
- hearing - Senate committee before Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Durbin
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Individuals are threatened with criminal prosecution because they are perceived to have opposed the president. Predetermined outcomes increasingly seem to take precedence over the Justice Department's long -standing core values and traditions. History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January of 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort, including the vilification of the agents, prosecutors and staff who worked on my team, simply because of their unwavering dedication to the rule of law. I myself have been threatened with jail by the President of the United States.
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