Happy new year and a healthy one to all! 
Jack Smith sets the record straight on Trump and his investigation of him:
“I entirely disagree with any characterization that our work was in any way meant to hamper him in the presidential election. I would never take orders from a political leader to hamper another person in an election. That’s not who I am,” he said."
“There is no historical analog for what President Trump did in this case. As we said in the indictment, he was free to say that he thought he won the election. He was even free to say falsely that he won the election. But what he was not free to do was violate federal law and use knowing — knowingly false statements about election fraud to target a lawful government function. That he was not allowed to do. And that differentiates this case from any past history.”
"Smith said Trump was able to foresee the violence of Jan. 6."
“Our view of the evidence was that he caused it and that he exploited it and that it was foreseeable to him,” Smith said.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5668515-jack-smith-deposition-revelations/
Jack Smith sets the record straight on Trump and his investigation of him:
“I entirely disagree with any characterization that our work was in any way meant to hamper him in the presidential election. I would never take orders from a political leader to hamper another person in an election. That’s not who I am,” he said."
“There is no historical analog for what President Trump did in this case. As we said in the indictment, he was free to say that he thought he won the election. He was even free to say falsely that he won the election. But what he was not free to do was violate federal law and use knowing — knowingly false statements about election fraud to target a lawful government function. That he was not allowed to do. And that differentiates this case from any past history.”
"Smith said Trump was able to foresee the violence of Jan. 6."
“Our view of the evidence was that he caused it and that he exploited it and that it was foreseeable to him,” Smith said.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5668515-jack-smith-deposition-revelations/
