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    Marjorie Taylor Greene says Jack Smith 'should be prosecuted'

    By Erik De La Garza,

    12 hours ago

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    U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks, at a campaign event for Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump, at the Johnny Mercer Theatre Civic Center in Savannah, Georgia, U.S. September 24, 2024. REUTERS/Megan Varner

    Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is on the warpath against Jack Smith, suggesting Thursday that a second Trump administration should pursue criminal charges against the special counsel.

    “What Jack Smith is doing is completely illegal. He should be prosecuted,” Greene said Thursday in an appearance on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast, according to Salon. “After we win on Nov. 5, Jack Smith should be prosecuted.”

    The comments from Greene, a staunch ally of Donald Trump, come as the former president seeks to dismiss half of Smith’s charges from the stunning superseding indictment in his election subversion case.

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    The Salon report noted that Greene’s suggestion that the special counsel’s appointment was illegal was also used by Trump-appointed judge Aileen Cannon to toss the case earlier this year, though other judges overseeing Trump cases have rejected the argument.

    Greene also called for the prosecution of U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves, who prosecuted participants in the Jan. 6 riots, according to Salon. Greene filed articles of impeachment against Graves last year.

    Her comments calling for Smith’s prosecution “also suggest a worrying attitude toward prosecutorial independence in a possible second Trump term,” Salon noted, adding that proposals within Project 2025 – and Trump’s own statements – indicate that if elected, the former president “would have an unprecedentedly vocal role in the Department of Justice’s business.”

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    Linda Putman Carlson
    1m ago
    Sbe sould and needs to be prosecuted!!
    Susan Stone
    9m ago
    LargeMarje, with is wrong with You?
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