Could Jack Smith Be Charged With the Same Crime of Conspiracy of Which He Accused Trump?

A lawyer who calls himself Trump’s ‘viceroy’ suggests that the special counsel face the same conspiracy charge that was handed up against the president-elect.

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Special Counsel Jack Smith on August 1, 2023 at Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The dismissal of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s two prosecutions of President-elect Trump could herald a new phase in the legal contest between the two men — one where the prosecutor faces prosecution, possibly for one of the same crimes he leveled against Trump.

That suggestion comes on X from a legal adviser to Trump, Mike Davis, who is advising the presidential transition. He reckons that “Jack Smith and his office must face severe legal, political, and financial consequences for their blatant lawfare and election interference.” He suggests that those consequences include charging Mr. Smith with the crime of “conspiracy against rights.”

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