Jonathan Turley: ‘What Jack Smith Knew Is that this Election Would Have the Effect of the Largest Jury Verdict in History’

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TURLEY: “Well, this is a historic moment, certainly in the sense that it clears the decks for President Trump on the federal cases. There are still state threats out of New York. We’re waiting for a possible sentencing in that case. We also have the Georgia case, which is floundering but still alive. But in this case, Smith was like a captain who would soon be without a ship or crew, and he had to dismiss this case. It wasn’t by choice. In many respects, Smith, up until the very end, was fulfilling the stereotype of his critics. He — he pushed to release information before the election that he did not have to put on the public record. Even the court said it was procedurally irregular. But she still went with it and released the information. It was viewed as nothing short of election interference. He was trying to influence the election. What Smith knew is that this election would have the effect of the largest jury verdict in history, that if the president was elected, he was out of a job. And that turned out to be true.”