Jack Smith Warns DOJ Politicization Threatens 2026 Midterms and Rule of Law
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Updated · abcnews.com · Jul 2
Jack Smith Warns DOJ Politicization Threatens 2026 Midterms and Rule of Law
3 articles · Updated · abcnews.com · Jul 2
Summary
Jack Smith said the United States faces a rule-of-law attack unlike anything in his lifetime and is now "very concerned" about the integrity of the 2026 midterm elections.
Smith tied that warning to a Justice Department he said has shed expertise, demoralized career staff and pursued predetermined outcomes rather than facts and law.
He said Trump’s sweeping Jan. 6 pardons risk recidivism and send a damaging message to law enforcement, while failed cases against James Comey and Letitia James showed retribution-driven prosecutions.
Smith also said the administration stripped security clearances from him and his lawyers after a major firm agreed to represent him, calling it an effort to deny him counsel.
The remarks came in Smith’s first TV interview since resigning after his 2023 Trump cases were dropped following Trump’s reelection and a judge’s ruling against Smith’s appointment.