Trump Calls the Latest Special Counsel a ‘Monster.’ His Lawyer Used to Call Him a Friend
James Trusty and Jack Smith worked together — and respected each other — at the Justice Department. Now they're on opposite sides of the Trump probes
Former President Donald Trump during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, on March 4.
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Donald Trump went on the attack when Jack Smith was named the latest special counsel to investigate the former president, calling him a “fully weaponized monster” whose Obama-era ties made him a “political hit man.”
Yet one of Trump’s own lawyers shares those same ties.