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Speaker 1: All Right, we got some big news to start off with,

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Speaker 1: and that is this. The US Office of Special Counsel

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Speaker 1: investigating the ex Trump prosecutor Jack Smith is now happening,

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Speaker 1: is what we're being told. The US Office of Special

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Speaker 1: Council has open an investigation officially into the former Special

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Speaker 1: Council Jack Smith, who may have quote unlawfully targeted President

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Speaker 1: Donald Trump. I want you to listen to how part

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Speaker 1: of the news is broken at Fox News Channel. Take

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Speaker 2: All right, moving on to this now, former Trump prosecutor

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Speaker 2: Jack Smith is now under investigation for potentially violating the

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Speaker 2: Hatch Act, which restricts government employees from engaging in political activities.

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Speaker 3: Chelley Panter joins US Now with the details. Hey Channeling, Hey,

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Speaker 3: good morning guys. So the Office of Special Council confirming

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Speaker 3: is open that investigation against former Special Council Jack Smith.

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Speaker 3: This after archew Senator Tom Cotton sent this letter saying, quote,

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Speaker 3: I write requesting the Office of Special Counsel to investigate

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Speaker 3: whether Jack Smith, special Council for Attorney General Merrick Garland,

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Speaker 3: unlawfully took political actions to influence the twenty twenty four

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Speaker 3: election to harm then candidate President Donald Trump. So while

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Speaker 3: the specific scope of this investigation is not clear, it

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Speaker 3: is expected the probe we'll look into whether Smith violated

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Speaker 3: the Hatch Act during his criminal investigation into President Trump's

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Speaker 3: handling of classified documents and alleged efforts to subvert the

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Speaker 3: twenty twenty election. Trump cleted not guilty in both of

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Speaker 3: those cases that were ultimately dismissed following the twenty twenty

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Speaker 3: he believed Smith used his DOJ roll to quote help

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Speaker 3: Kamala and hurt Trump, claiming Special counsel Smith rushed the

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Speaker 3: trial for President Trump to begin just two weeks before

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Speaker 3: the Iowa caucuses, that Smith tried to go right to

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Speaker 3: and that Smith filed a massive brief that included secret

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Speaker 3: which could also violate a separate Justice Department rule that

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Speaker 3: goes beyond the Hatch Act. So it's all important to

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Speaker 3: note that this is an investigation, but it's not a

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Speaker 3: criminal investigation. That the office there does have authority though

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Speaker 4: Guys, thank you challenging.

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Speaker 1: So let's go into even more of what this means.

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Speaker 1: The OSC has Smith under a microscope, and this I've

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Speaker 1: been told by many on Capitol Hill is the beginning

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Speaker 1: regarding the possibility that not only won, he violated the

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Speaker 1: to take part in certain political activities. All right, now,

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Speaker 1: it received confirmation the pro Fox did there from the

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Speaker 1: let's be clear. I want you to understand this could

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Speaker 1: can read between the lines there. The OSC is a

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Speaker 1: government watchdog that operates independently. Number one is a federal

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Speaker 1: investigative and prosecutal office. In July, Tom Cotton asked its

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Speaker 1: members to investigate whether Jack Smith, who again was a

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Speaker 1: special counsel for the former Attorney General Merrick Garland, if

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Speaker 1: he engaged in unlawful political activities to quote influence. All right,

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Speaker 1: think about the timeline here the twenty twenty four presidential

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Speaker 1: every Democrat quote who weaponized law against him. President Trump's

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Speaker 1: astounding victory doesn't excuse Smith of responsibility, the Senator said,

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Speaker 1: for his unlawful election interference. I therefore asked the Office

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Speaker 1: So Number one, is it gonna be difficult for the

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Speaker 1: media to cover this. Yes, And that's why we're covering

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Speaker 1: who quote did his job. Now, Jack Smith oversaw a pair, okay,

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Speaker 1: the New York Post reporting this on Friday. They said.

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Speaker 6: This afternoon, we take a giant step to cement the

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Speaker 5: Well, I think President Trump recognizes that the rising economy

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