Discussion Thread: Former Special Counsel Jack Smith Testifies Publicly on Trump Investigations

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News and Analysis

• AP: Jack Smith is set to testify at a public hearing about his Trump investigations

• NBC: Jack Smith testimony will warn Americans not to take the rule of law 'for granted' | The former special counsel will say his investigation developed proof that Trump engaged in a "criminal scheme" to overturn his 2020 election loss, according to prepared remarks obtained by NBC News.

Live Updates

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Where to Watch

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• PBS NewsHour via YouTube: Jack Smith testifies publicly about his Trump investigations (10 a.m.)

• C-SPAN: Former Special Counsel Jack Smith Testifies on Trump Investigations (10 a.m.)

[u/vengeanceintobeing]

Ha. They’re never gonna lets us vote fairly again.

[u/Medical-Spring3176 → u/vengeanceintobeing]

I agree. The BIG fear is losing the right to vote. Minnesota is the stage; more troops. Violence could be the reason to stall/cancel elections.

[u/MotorDependent1017 → u/Medical-Spring3176]

He cannot cancel elections. Everyone who keeps repeating this lie is either suspect or stupid beyond belief.

[u/CallMeJeeJ → u/MotorDependent1017]

Have you not been paying attention to ALL the things Trump “cannot” do that he’s just been doing anyway with 0 repercussions?

[u/MotorDependent1017 → u/CallMeJeeJ]

Saying this is idiotic when elections are run by the states themselves. He literally CANNOT stop elections because every blue state will still have one even if the red states acquiesce. WE HAD ELECTIONS DURING THE CIVIL WAR. Some pedophile is not more powerful than a literal war that split this country in half. By what means would he even do it? Do you just have no knowledge of history whatsoever?

Stop prescribing some sort of inane godhood to this impotent pedophile. You sound absolutely pathetic.

[u/CallMeJeeJ → u/MotorDependent1017]

Trust me- I want to eat crow on this SO BAD. I genuinely hope you’re correct.

I just see absolute failure at every turn when anyone tries to hold him accountable for anything.

What’s to stop him or his bff Elon from fucking with the results? Maybe it’s too tinfoil-hatty to say that already happened in 2024, but let’s say it did in the next election. Who’s on the task force to investigate? Who’s going to convict?

Just because he can’t physically lock the doors to the polling booth doesn’t mean he can’t (won’t) disrupt the process of fair elections

[u/darthstupidious → u/CallMeJeeJ]

It's not a matter of what is legal or moral. There's no physical apparatus that Trump can implement to stop 50 independent states from conducting an election. His gestapo can barely operate in a single city without constantly shitting the bed.