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Anna Betts

Jack Smith hits back at claims that Trump prosecutions were politically motivated

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Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of Donald Trump on 1 August 2023, at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP

In a rare interview former justice department special counsel Jack Smith has hit back against accusations that the federal prosecutions of Donald Trump he oversaw were politically motivated, calling the claims “absolutely ludicrous”.

Speaking with former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann at the UK’s University College London in an interview last week, Smith defended the integrity of the criminal investigations he led and his work as special counsel in the Biden administration.

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