In an MS NOW interview on Deadline: White House, Jack Smith says he is being targeted by the president and that it shows "who runs towards the fire, who kind of backs away." Asked if he is afraid to speak out, he says no. He says that if the goal was to stop him from speaking up about corruption or defending agents and prosecutors, "that is a grave miscalculation."
The receipt
- Who
- Jack Smith
- Where
- interview - MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace, first interview
- Original footage
- MS NOW · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 43 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
I think one of the things I've seen, which is the sort of journey I've been on, is, you know, with me being targeted by the president, you get to find out who's who, right? You get to find out who runs towards the fire, who kind of backs away. It's difficult in the moment, but I think for the future, that's gonna be really helpful to know. Are you afraid to be speaking out? No, not at all. I'm not, I am not going to be intimidated. And there's no way in the world if the thought was to go after me so that I wouldn't speak up about the corruption that's happening or speak up to defend these agents and prosecutors. That is a grave miscalculation. There is no way I'm going to be intimidated.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.