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Smith Stand by Decision to Bring Charges Against Pres. Trump

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Before Trump, Jack Smith prosecuted war crimes at The Hague!

Smith served as Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, probing war crimes in Kosovo — before AG Merrick Garland appointed him Special Counsel to investigate Donald Trump in Nov. 2022.

Topic poll · all networksHow many counts were in Jack Smith's Jan. 6 indictment of Trump?

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Topic poll · all networksWas Jack Smith right to charge a former U.S. president?

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Jack Smith's probe cost ~$20M; Mueller's cost $32M total.

DOJ reports show Smith's office spent ~$20.7M in FY2023 alone. Robert Mueller's two-year Russia investigation, the modern benchmark for special counsel scale, cost $32M across 2017–2019 — a figure that sparked fierce congressional debate.

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