Fmr. Special Counsel Jack Smith Defends Trump Probes

EXCERPT:

SMITH: "I have investigated cases focusing on the facts and the law throughout my career. We did this case the same way, under the same standards. And, you know, the thing that’s, I think, important for your viewers to know is those standards are not meant to change from one administration to the next. And in my experience, until now, they haven’t. 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. (...) One of the problems right today, besides the retribution prosecutions, is that the Justice Department can’t do its job, right?”