Jack Smith, the former special counsel who charged Donald Trump in two explosive federal cases, is now under investigation himself—this time by the federal government he once represented.
The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) confirmed it has launched a probe into whether Smith broke the law by playing politics during his prosecutions of Trump. The law in question is the Hatch Act, which bars federal officials from using their position to sway elections.
The investigation marks a stunning reversal. Smith—once the face of the federal push to bring Trump to trial—is now being targeted by the very system he used. And it’s happening just months after Trump’s return to the White House.
The message is clear: Trump is settling scores.
Smith led two of the highest-profile criminal cases in U.S. political history. One charged Trump over classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago. The other focused on Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including pressure on then–Vice President Mike Pence and the fake electors scheme.
But the momentum shifted after Trump won in November 2024. Both cases were dropped. Earlier, in a major legal blow to Smith, Judge Aileen Cannon threw out the Mar-a-Lago case, ruling that Garland never had the authority to appoint Smith without Senate confirmation.
Now, Smith himself is being investigated—not for the evidence he used, but because Trump claims he used his position to tip the political scales.
Meanwhile, Attorney General Pam Bondi—appointed by Trump—has fired more than 20 DOJ staffers who worked with Smith. Some were flagged by her “Weaponization Working Group,” created to root out what she calls political abuse inside federal law enforcement.
Smith resigned after Trump’s election win and the collapse of the cases. Neither had reached trial as Trump-appointed judges stalled the cases.
Democrats aren’t staying silent.
“Judiciary Democrats are demanding AG Bondi release the full Jack Smith report and all Epstein files referencing Donald Trump because DOJ’s job is to investigate and prosecute crimes—not cover them up to protect Trump-world,” the House Judiciary Democrats posted on X.
Attorney Tom Renz posted: “Bondi firing people from the Jack Smith trial and J6 cases is absolutely an embarrassing act of CYA… unless she drops criminal charges against Pfizer, Gates, Soros, and the Dems behind J6 tomorrow and admits she looted about everything Epstein it’s all just theater.”
Democratic strategist Adam Parkhomenko added: “So let me get this straight: Jack Smith investigates a guy who tried to overturn an election and incited an insurrection… and he’s the one being investigated? We’re not a serious country. We’re a banana republic with better branding…but that’s going to s***, too.”
