Former special counsel Jack Smith and his allies are leveraging their experience prosecuting President Donald Trump to criticize his administration and launch new legal campaigns.
Two top prosecutors for former special counsel Jack Smith, Molly Gaston and J. P. Cooney, have launched their own law firm, Gaston & Cooney. According to their website, the firm will focus on helping state and local governments enforce “public corruption” laws, criminal defense, and supporting clients subject to congressional investigations.
Gaston and Cooney worked on Smith’s election interference case against Trump, which was dropped when Trump won the 2024 election. They were subsequently fired from the Department of Justice amid suggestions that they should face disbarment.
Meanwhile, Smith himself is already facing an ethics investigation by the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), an independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency. Trump’s nominee to lead OSC, Paul Ingrassia, withdrew from consideration on Tuesday after failing to secure “enough Republican votes.” This occurred in the wake of leaked messages published by Politico.
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