{"id":148435,"date":"2025-08-04T12:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldtribune.com\/?p=148435"},"modified":"2025-08-04T12:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:24:07","slug":"jack-smith-under-investigation-by-office-of-special-counsels-hatch-act-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldtribune.com\/2025\/jack-smith-under-investigation-by-office-of-special-counsels-hatch-act-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Smith under investigation by Office of Special Counsel’s Hatch Act Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"

by<\/em><\/span> WorldTribune<\/strong> Staff \/ <\/em><\/span><\/span>247 Real News<\/strong><\/span><\/a> August 4, 2025 <\/em> <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) has launched an investigation into Jack Smith, who was appointed by the Biden Justice Department to lead two criminal investigations into President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

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Both of Jack Smith’s cases against President Donald Trump were dismissed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Smith is being investigated by the Hatch Act Unit, which enforces a law that restricts government employees from engaging in political activities, according to an email written by Senior Counsel Charles Baldis at OSC which was reviewed by the New York Post,<\/p>\n

“I appreciate the Office of Special Counsel taking this seriously and launching an investigation into Jack Smith\u2019s conduct. No one is above the law,” Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton said in a statement to The Post. “Jack Smith\u2019s actions were clearly driven to hurt President Trump\u2019s election, and Smith should be held fully accountable.”<\/p>\n

Smith led investigations into Trump’s handling of classified documents, and Trump’s actions on Jan. 6, 2021. Both cases were ultimately thrown out.<\/p>\n

Smith notably resigned from his post as Special Counsel in January, after Trump’s inauguration.<\/p>\n

OSC launched the investigation following a letter from Cotton which accused Smith of taking blatantly political actions to undermine Trump during his 2024 White House run.<\/p>\n

In his letter to OSC, Cotton explains how Smith\u2019s actions undermined Trump\u2019s political efforts:<\/p>\n

\u201cJack Smith\u2019s legal actions were nothing more than a tool for the Biden and Harris campaigns. This isn\u2019t just unethical, it is very likely illegal campaign activity from a public office.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of Smith\u2019s legal actions seem to have no rationale except for an attempt to affect the 2024 election results \u2013 actions that would violate federal law.\u201d<\/p>\n

“These actions were not standard, necessary, or justified. They were the actions of a political actor masquerading as a public official.”<\/p>\n

Smith, meanwhile, has been mum on the allegations \u2013 though he has maintained that during his time as Special Counsel he followed legal protocols and insists he was untainted by political influence.<\/p>\n

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by WorldTribune Staff \/ 247 Real News August 4, 2025 The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) has launched an investigation into Jack Smith, who was appointed by the Biden Justice Department to lead two criminal investigations into President Donald Trump. Smith is being investigated by the Hatch Act Unit, which enforces a law that restricts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":148436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,5],"tags":[316,6],"class_list":["post-148435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-exclusives","category-world-tribune","tag-jack-smith-under-investigation-by-office-of-special-counsels-hatch-act-unit","tag-worldtribune-com","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldtribune.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldtribune.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldtribune.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldtribune.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldtribune.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldtribune.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldtribune.com\/2025\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldtribune.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldtribune.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldtribune.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}