Fmr. Special Counsel Jack Smith: ‘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’

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SMITH: “And so, you know, I think 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. And one of the reasons I wanted to be with you here today, in advance of the 4th of July, celebrating the birth of a country that we all love, is to celebrate the public servants who do this work. The people I spent my career working shoulder to shoulder with. I loved being a prosecutor, and part of it was I loved being around these sort of people, and it angers me to see them victimized, to see them demonized for doing their jobs. I think it’s really important that we stand up for them and let them know that there are a lot of people out there who back them and who are with them, and that’s not just the people who’ve been targeted and fired for no reason for doing their jobs. It’s also the people still in the Justice Department today. There are a lot of good career prosecutors who right now are working under incredibly difficult circumstances, and they’re still trying to do the right thing.”