The prosecutor jack smithwhom the former US president donald trump calls him “upset” for indicting him twice, he is a lawyer who has investigated corruption cases in USA and crimes of war in kosovo.
On Tuesday, this 54-year-old lawyer declared that he wanted “a speedy trial” against Trumpthe favorite for republican nomination facing the 2024 presidential elections. He accuses him of having tried to reverse the result of the 2020 presidential elections.
Smith was appointed in November by the attorney general merrick garland to oversee two investigations into the former Republican president.
When he appointed him, the lawyer worked in Hague for him Special Court for Kosovo about a case involving the former Kosovar president Hashim Thaci.
His appointment as special prosecutor in Washington It came three days after donald trump announced that he was a candidate for the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential election.
In a statement issued minutes after Garland’s announcement, Smith promised to carry out “independently” investigations into the cases of Trump and any eventual prosecution.
“The pace of investigations will not stop or slow down under my watch,” he said. Smith is a very athletic man who claims to have completed over 100 triathlons in USA and the foreigner.
Bulldog
According to a journalist from msnbc, the lawyer is considered “a bulldog, very aggressive” for the methods he uses. He New York Times He describes it as “intransigent”.
jack smith graduated from the law school of harvard and worked as a prosecutor in the states of NY and Tennessee.
For five years he also directed the public integrity unit of the Ministry of Justiceoverseeing corruption investigations against Democratic and Republican politicians.
Later, as chief prosecutor of the special court for Kosovolived several years in The Hague.
By appointing him in November, garlands said that, in view of the “exceptional circumstances”, jack smith he was “the right choice” to oversee the two investigations “urgently and impartially.”
