Jack Smith (lawyer)
John Luman Smith (born June 5, 1969) is an American attorney who has served in the United States Department of Justice as an assistant U.S. attorney, acting U.S. attorney, and head of the department's Public Integrity Section. He was also the chief prosecutor at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, an international tribunal at The Hague tasked with investigating and prosecuting war crimes in the Kosovo War.
Jack Smith | |
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Smith in 2023 | |
| Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice | |
| Assumed office November 18, 2022 | |
| Appointed by | Merrick Garland |
| United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee | |
| Acting March 14, 2017 – September 21, 2017 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | David Rivera |
| Succeeded by | Donald Q. Cochran |
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| Born | John Luman Smith June 5, 1969 |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
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| Profession | Lawyer |
In November 2022, attorney general Merrick Garland appointed Smith an independent special counsel, responsible for overseeing two preexisting Justice Department criminal investigations into former president Donald Trump, three days after Trump announced his 2024 presidential campaign: one regarding Trump's role in the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack, and the other into alleged mishandling of government records, including classified documents. The documents case resulted in a 37-count indictment of Trump in June 2023 to which three counts were later added in July. In August, the January 6 case resulted in an indictment on four charges.