Attorneys for former special counsel Jack Smith responded to a federal watchdog investigation over potential Hatch Act violations, saying the probe is “unfounded.”
Smith had brought two criminal cases against President Donald Trump. The Office of Special Counsel confirmed several weeks ago that it was investigating Smith after receiving a referral from Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.).
In a letter dated Aug. 25, Smith’s attorneys Lanny Breuer and Peter Koski told the Office of Special Counsel that the investigation is partisan and baseless and that Smith “was fiercely committed to making prosecutorial decisions based solely on the evidence.”
Smith, they wrote, had “steadfastly followed applicable Department of Justice guidelines and the Principles of Federal Prosecution, and he did not let the pending election influence his investigative or prosecutorial decision-making” during his investigations….