Swiss newspaper Le Temps said that US Attorney General Merrick Garland has just appointed a professional prosecutor, who has tracked down corrupt politicians, gang members and war criminals, to oversee the two federal investigations targeting former Republican President Donald Trump.
The newspaper stated - in a report written by Valerie de Graffenried from New York - that the independent prosecutor, Jack Smith, the man who makes Trump tremble, has faced many famous complex criminal cases, and tracked down the most notorious war criminals in the International Criminal Court, and is not the kind that can blackmail him.
Attorney Andrew Weissman - who worked on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Trump and Russia - described Jack Smith as "very stubborn, fearless, apolitical and moral."
The newspaper indicated that Trump, the target of two federal investigations, one for his efforts to reverse the results of the 2020 presidential election, with the attack on the Capitol building, and the other for keeping White House documents, some of which contain sensitive information, in his private residence instead of storing them in the National Archives, must deal with A man who has built a reputation as an unbiased and determined prosecutor, he leads his team with strength and focus to track down the facts wherever they lie.
He refused to cooperate
And in a highly polarized climate, Jack Smith's task will be as delicate as it is complex, because he must determine the exact role of Donald Trump in the attack, through what he did by encouraging his supporters to challenge the results of the presidential elections, and what he did not do when more than 187 minutes remained without a response. He did in front of pictures of the rebels entering the Capitol.
And soon the independent public prosecutor - who justified Merrick Garland's appointment by the fact that Trump is now an official presidential candidate and he does not hide his hope to protect himself from the indictment of the candidacy - was soon subjected to the wrath of Trump, who, immediately after announcing his appointment, denounced "severe politicization of justice", and confirmed that he would not cooperate with the investigators. .
Jack Smith, who saw the Minister of Justice as the right choice - as the newspaper says - did not expect a good reception from Trump, and he promised to work independently and advance investigations in a "quick and comprehensive manner", even if Republican Andrew Clyde challenged his impartiality that his wife, Katie Cheveny, "donated to Joe Biden's campaign." And I produced a documentary about Michelle Obama," referring to the wife of former US Democratic President Barack Obama.