Particular counsel Jack Smith speaks on the Division of Justice constructing in Washington on Aug. 1, 2023. Saul Loeb/AFP by way of Getty Pictures
The U.S. Workplace of Particular Counsel has launched an investigation into former Division of Justice (DOJ) particular counsel Jack Smith, who introduced two separate federal felony circumstances towards former President Donald Trump through the Biden administration, between Trump’s two presidential phrases.
On Aug. 2, the Workplace of Particular Counsel confirmed it was investigating whether or not Smith’s conduct by way of his efforts to prosecute Trump constituted a type of improper political exercise. The workplace is an impartial federal company separate from the DOJ, tasked with defending federal whistleblowers and implementing civil service regulation, such because the Hatch Act proscribing political actions by federal staff. The workplace has no felony enforcement energy however does examine violations and has the authority to impose fines and different sanctions.