Zincwarrior
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Be sure to say this is unfair and the worst witch hunt ever.Well, Jack Smith had many failures as a prosecutor, with one notable exception.
And President Trump pardoned that exception, former Congressman Rick Renzi.
Smith’s unit did successfully prosecute Renzi, who was convicted in 2013 for extortion, bribery, insurance fraud, money laundering, and racketeering. The DOJ said the evidence at trial showed the congressman “promised in 2005 to use his legislative influence to profit from a federal land exchange that involved property” owned by real estate investor James Sandlin. Renzi was convicted on 17 counts and sentenced to 36 months in prison in 2013.Trump pardoned Renzi on his final full day in office, before President Joe Biden’s inauguration, with the former congressman saying he had been “wrongly convicted by a Department of Justice that engaged in witness tampering, illegal wiretapping, and gross prosecutorial misconduct.”
Special counsel Jack Smith’s mixed history pursuing high-profile politicians - Washington Examiner
Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland to helm the Biden Justice Department’s investigations of former President Donald Trump, has a mixed track record handling investigations into major political figures. Smith was the chief of the Justice Department’s...www.washingtonexaminer.com