QOTD -- Jack Smith Testifies (Again)

 
"... As I appear before you today, it is my belief that the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we have experienced in our lifetime. Individuals are threatened with criminal investigation 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, traditions, and norms. History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It is often weakened by attacks on the institutions and public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort, including the vilification of the career prosecutors, FBI agents, and support staff who served on my team, simply because of their unwavering commitment to the fair and impartial administration of justice without regard for any personal costs.

"I myself have been threatened with jail by the President of the United States.

"I remain confident, however, that the rule of law will endure because so many continue to uphold it faithfully each day. Throughout our legal system, public servants have remained faithful to their oaths despite extraordinary pressure to do otherwise. Their example demonstrates that while fear may be contagious, courage is as well." -- former Special Counsel Jack Smith, concluding his prepared opening statement today before the Senate Judiciary Committee.  Given the continuing efforts of Republicans to whitewash the events of January 6 and of the Mar-a-Lardo classified documents case (exemplified by the Kafkaesque opening statement of desiccated Iowa corn cob Republican Sen. Charles "Ass" Grassley and the sickening questioning by MAGAt Senators), having the highly credible career prosecutor Smith give public testimony re-litigating the Malignant Fascist's contempt for the Constitution and the rule of law is quite the self-own.  Please proceed, you slimeball co-conspirators.

BONUS:  The MAGAt clowns can't get simple facts straight in their rush to smear Smith.

Question Of The Day: Where's Garland?

 

Poster zmom at DailyKos wonders where the timid former Attorney General Merrick "The Mouse" Garland is, while his former Department is being hollowed out by the fascist thugs of the Malignant Fascist, and while former Special Counsel Jack Smith fights for the rule of law and people trying to survive the onslaught:

"I watched Jack Smith today on MSNow and he is sticking his neck out there, still fighting, and not just for himself but specifically for all those people at the Justice department who got the rug pulled out from them and were not protected from the new administration. When they worked on the Trump indictment they were told don’t worry we have your back – so much for that.  Jack is fighting for the people who trusted him and followed the law and their ethics... I googled Merrick Garland now/Merrick Garland 2026/Merrick Garland Speeches 2026/Merrick Garland 2026 public appearances – nada except where he is working. He is working for Arnold&Porter Big D.C Law firm...His absence of fighting for his department people who did his bidding and got decapitated, let alone the absence of talking about what’s happening at the macro level, is egregious."

Just like he hid at the Justice Department when the going got tough, after slow- walking the opening of Federal  investigations into the Malignant Fascist's attempted coup on January 6, 2021, and his theft of classified documents, mousy Merrick is hiding behind his prestigious law firm where he's pulling down a partnership compensation. 

When his country called on him to punish the MF's lawbreaking, he put Jack Smith and numerous FBI staff out front to take the heat, and was content for the MF to walk free while he slipped away to his big law firm.  Do you ever wonder why the MF doesn't aim any of his bile or "investigations" at Garland?  That's why.

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Jack Smith On Trump's Attack On The Rule Of Law

 

ICYMI, former Special Counsel Jack Smith had his first television interview with Nicolle Wallace on MS NOW's "Deadline White House" yesterday.  The man who led the team prosecuting the Malignant Fascist for his effort to overturn the 2020 election and for mishandling classified documents spoke on a number of topics during the 44-plus minute interview, but in this segment, he discusses the MF's unprecedented threat to the rule of law and a weaponized "Justice" Department: