Jack Smith reveals Trump Tried to do things to him that will make the American People angry

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith sat down for his first-ever television interview and did not hold back. Speaking with Nicolle Wallace on MS NOW’s Deadline: White House, Smith described a campaign of threats, retribution, and intimidation directed at him and the career prosecutors and FBI agents who worked the cases against Donald Trump.

FULL INTERVIEW VIDEO

The Personal Cost Smith Would Not Ignore

Smith spent much of the conversation defending the men and women who served on his team. He described how some have already paid a price. One FBI agent, he noted, was fired while caring for his dying wife. Career prosecutors and agents who followed the facts and the law now face political purges, public demonization, and the prospect of being targeted themselves.

Smith called the idea that his decisions were directed by the Biden White House or other political actors “laughable.” He said the evidence his office developed met the highest standard: proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump engaged in criminal activity in both the 2020 election interference case and the classified documents case. If presented with the same facts today, Smith said, he would prosecute again — regardless of whether the former president was a Republican or a Democrat.

Trump has repeatedly threatened to have Smith prosecuted. Smith acknowledged the statements but said he does not spend much time dwelling on them. His focus, he explained, is on the colleagues still inside the department and on whether the Justice Department can recover its credibility.

An Attack on the Rule of Law

Smith went further than personal grievances. He described what he sees as a broader assault on the institutions that enforce the law. Judges, he said, are losing trust in federal prosecutors because cases now appear driven by predetermined political outcomes rather than evidence. When courts no longer believe the government is playing by the same rules, the department cannot do its basic job of representing the American people.

He also pointed to the mass pardons of January 6 defendants. In Smith’s view, those clemency decisions sent a dangerous signal about accountability for political violence. Combined with the firing of experienced agents and the pursuit of “retribution prosecutions,” the pattern, he argued, is unlike anything he has witnessed in a long career. “We are facing an attack on the rule of law that is different in kind and scope to anything I’ve seen in my lifetime,” Smith said.

Why Smith Chose to Speak Now

Smith said he wanted to highlight the public servants who still try to do the work the right way. He urged state attorneys general to prepare for every possible challenge to the next elections and to act proactively if they see interference with voting rights. He asked Americans to support the remaining career staff at the Justice Department and FBI rather than accept their demonization as normal.