AG Merrick Garland Appoints Jack Smith to Serve as Special Counsel, Lead Trump-Related Investigations

Garland Special counsel will ░░░░░░░░ conduct the investigation involving ░░░░░░░░ documents and other presidential ░░░░░░░░ as well as the ░░░░░░░░ obstruction of that investigation ░░░░░░░░ I signed an order ░░░░░░░░ Jack Smith to serve ░░░░░░░░ Special Counsel The order ░░░░░░░░ him to continue the ░░░░░░░░ investigation into both of ░░░░░░░░ matters that I ve ░░░░░░░░ described and to prosecute ░░░░░░░░ federal crimes that may ░░░░░░░░ from those investigations Mr ░░░░░░░░ is a veteran career ░░░░░░░░ He began his prosecutorial ░░░░░░░░ in 1994 as an ░░░░░░░░ district attorney with the ░░░░░░░░ York County D A ░░░░░░░░ office In 1999 he ░░░░░░░░ an Assistant U S ░░░░░░░░ for the Eastern District ░░░░░░░░ New York where over ░░░░░░░░ course of nine years ░░░░░░░░ prosecuted matters ranging from ░░░░░░░░ murders of police officers ░░░░░░░░ civil rights violations From ░░░░░░░░ to 2010 he served ░░░░░░░░ the International Criminal Court ░░░░░░░░ he supervised war crimes ░░░░░░░░ In 2010 Mr Smith ░░░░░░░░ to the Justice Department ░░░░░░░░ serve as Chief of ░░░░░░░░ Public Integrity section where ░░░░░░░░ led a team of ░░░░░░░░ than 30 prosecutors who ░░░░░░░░ public corruption and election ░░░░░░░░ cases across the United ░░░░░░░░ In 2015 he agreed ░░░░░░░░ serve as the first ░░░░░░░░ U S Attorney for ░░░░░░░░ Middle District of Tennessee ░░░░░░░░ becoming the acting United ░░░░░░░░ Attorney Most recently Mr ░░░░░░░░ served as the Chief ░░░░░░░░ for the Special Court ░░░░░░░░ the Hague charged with ░░░░░░░░ and adjudicating war crimes ░░░░░░░░ Kosovo Mr Smith will ░░░░░░░░ his work as Special ░░░░░░░░ immediately and will be ░░░░░░░░ to the United States ░░░░░░░░ The Hague Throughout his ░░░░░░░░ Jack Smith has built ░░░░░░░░ reputation as an impartial ░░░░░░░░ determined prosecutor who leads ░░░░░░░░ with energy and focus ░░░░░░░░ follow the facts wherever ░░░░░░░░ lead As Special Counsel ░░░░░░░░ will exercise independent prosecutorial ░░░░░░░░ to decide whether charges ░░░░░░░░ be brought Although the ░░░░░░░░ Counsel will not be ░░░░░░░░ to the day to ░░░░░░░░ supervision of any official ░░░░░░░░ the department he must ░░░░░░░░ with the regulations procedures ░░░░░░░░ policies of the department ░░░░░░░░ will ensure that the ░░░░░░░░ Counsel receives the resources ░░░░░░░░ conduct this work quickly ░░░░░░░░ completely Given the work ░░░░░░░░ date and Mr Smith ░░░░░░░░ prosecutorial experience I am ░░░░░░░░ that this appointment will ░░░░░░░░ slow the completion of ░░░░░░░░ investigations The men and ░░░░░░░░ who are pursuing these ░░░░░░░░ are conducting themselves in ░░░░░░░░ with the highest standards ░░░░░░░░ professionalism I could not ░░░░░░░░ prouder of them I ░░░░░░░░ believe that the normal ░░░░░░░░ of this department can ░░░░░░░░ all investigations with integrity ░░░░░░░░ I also believe that ░░░░░░░░ a special counsel at ░░░░░░░░ time is the right ░░░░░░░░ to do The extraordinary ░░░░░░░░ presented here demand it ░░░░░░░░ Smith is the right ░░░░░░░░ to complete these matters ░░░░░░░░ an even handed and ░░░░░░░░ manner. Thank you all.”