Jack Smith, Who Led Prosecutions of Trump, Resigns
www.nytimes.com
Mr. Smith, a special counsel appointed by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, had signaled that he would step down before Donald J. Trump’s inauguration.
  • LuckyPierre@lemm.eeEnglish
    851·
    3 months ago

    Poor guy.

    Imagine qualifying as a lawyer - spending years learning the legal system and full of hope and promise. You’re going to change the world and make it a better place. Your life is spent working your way up in seniority until you land the ultimate case - prosecuting an ex president for fraud and corruption. You expose the lies and illegal manipulation and prove them beyond reasonable doubt. And against all odds, you win! Best day ever. Everyone slapping your back and telling you what a great guy you are, so clever, and this piece of shit is really going to get his comeuppance.

    And then, despite knowing that they’re voting for a criminal, half the voting people of your country still elect him into office, knowing full well that he’s going to continue being the same awful human being that you proved him in court to be.

    Justice, the system you’ve spent your life believing in and working for is pushed aside. The sentence is reduced to nothing - less than a starving person would get for stealing a loaf of bread to feed their family.

    How the fuck do you continue after that?

    How can you believe in any system that lets that happen?

    Obviously he couldn’t, and I respect that. I’d be heading into the woods to get away from everyone.

    • HoMaster@lemm.eeEnglish
      9·
      3 months ago

      What makes you think people who become DAs believe in the justice system? Many do it because they know it’s a path to become a judge or a politician. Many know how broken the system is before they enter.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      71·
      3 months ago

      How the fuck do you continue after that?

      By fleeing the country if he has any sense because his life will be worth nothing in America in a few days.

    • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      That’s why it’s bad when legal means fail to stop something that has to be stopped. First you get Bernie, then you get Jack Smith, then you get Luigi Mangioni.

      We’d be happy to go back up the chain any time.

  • Snapz@lemmy.world
    14·
    3 months ago

    Article does a very poor job of discussing precedence and likelihood that report does get release and when? Can Congress release it? Under what circumstances? Can Garland release it? How? Can Biden release it? How?

    Need pressure on the systems that still exist to act before the 20th