Ignatius: Jack Smith Is Not A Defeated Guy, “Not A Snarling, Anti-Trump Guy That We’ve Been Led To Believe”
On Friday’s “Morning Joe,” “Washington Post” associate editor David Ignatius reacts to MS NOW host Nicolle Wallace’s interview with former special counsel Jack Smith.
DAVID IGNATIUS: Eugene, I had the same feeling listening to Jack Smith. I was reminded this is a career prosecutor. He’s talking about how to rehabilitate, how to rebuild the Justice Department. He’s talking about the career attorneys who are still there trying to do their jobs. He says, I was for five years the head of the public integrity section prosecuting Republicans, Democrats, everybody. I stand for, he’s in effect telling us, the rule of law and we’re gonna rebuild that. He’s not a defeated guy. He’s facing enormous pressure himself, but his thoughts, you know, we’re with his colleagues, we’re with the country, we’re with the rule of law. So, Jonathan, you know, that interview is pretty powerful, but I think we got a sense of who Jack Smith is in his comments under pressure. That’s pretty interesting. This is not a snarling, anti-Trump guy that we’ve been led to believe. This is a career public prosecutor trying to do his job.
