Does anyone here know when Jack Smith is returning? A news conference by him would be helpful.

[fightforfreedom]

I know Smith injured his knee but he should be well enough to travel by now.

[secondwind]

1. Perhaps after the holidays..... my guess

[Quakerfriend]

2. I have a feeling he's staying in Europe for a

reason- perhaps for his own security???

[Ocelot II]

3. He is functioning just fine from where he is,

and he doesn't have to give news conferences. Prosecutors normally don't and generally shouldn't, because they are not helpful. Whether he is or is not well enough to travel is up to him and his doctors and is none of our business. Just let him do his job.

[Magoo48]

8. Everything done, or not done, on the public dime is our business.

[Ocelot II]

15. So all the details of a criminal investigation must be made public in real time?

Should grand jury proceedings be televised, too? Intelligence agency investigations? No, not everything is our business as it unfolds. The outcomes are our business; not everything during the process is.

[Magoo48]

21. Everything you must be reported on, in a general way as needs be, so we can see who is wasting

our money and where we are receiving our monies worth. Intelligence is a great example: billions go into unknown black holes without any public oversight. Hindsight often reveals incomprehensible waste.

How the US sent $12bn in cash to Iraq. And watched it vanish | World news | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/08/usa.iraq1

[Ocelot II]

24. So why are we making such a big deal about TFG's taking classified documents

and leaving them lying around unguarded at Mierda-Loco? If nothing should be hidden from the public, why classify anything? Just put it all out there in the NYT for the world to read so we get our money's worth.

[Karma13612]

45. Doing a job of investigating crimes

Is not the same as stealing classified documents.

Not even on the same planet as far as comparisons go.

[Ocelot II]

47. But my question was: If we, the public, are entitled to know *everything* because we pay for it,

why should there be any such thing classified information at all? Shouldn't we know everything? I paid for all the stuff the CIA collected; why can't I have it?

And why can't I know about and see every bit of evidence that federal prosecutors have gathered in preparing their case, as soon as they have it? Why do I have to wait for the trial to see it?

in case that's necessary.

[Genki Hikari]

54. No, it is NOT your business

Some things that are government business you cannot know and WILL NEVER know.

Do you know all the ins and outs of where any given nuclear bomb is? You paid for those bombs, their maintenance and upkeep, their transport, and even the people handling all of that, but go ahead and try to find out where one is. I fricking DARE you to do it. Hint: If you aren't directly responsible for handling nuclear weapons, you have
ZERO right to know anything about their location. EVER.

And no, you do NOT have a right to know anything and everything going on with a criminal investigation. There's this thing called INNOCENT UNTIL PROVED GUILTY that you may not have any respect for, but which our laws respect a great deal. To protect the rights of anyone potentially accused of a crime, our legal system tends to stay quiet about details of an investigation. Some of it is to keep potential criminals from fleeing, but some of it is also because the public is NOT entitled to know every single suspect in an investigation, or all of the accusations against anybody, no matter who it is, until the state has established a case against someone that can withstand the scrutiny of a grand jury and a court of law. Until then, any potential suspects have a right to privacy and freedom from harassment. Don't like it? Well, too bad. The law doesn't give one hootin' holler what you like.

What is WRONG with you to think you're entitled to know things you have no business knowing?

[fightforfreedom]

9. I know he doesn't have to give a news conference.

I think it would be a good idea for him to let everyone know that he takes the largest, most important, investigation in our entire history seriously. It would be good to hear him say things like, No one is above the law. I will follow the the law without fear or favor.

[Ocelot II]

16. Do you have reason to believe he isn't taking the investigation seriously?

[Cha]

49. Of course Jack Smith takes

his duties as Special Cousel Seriously..

I respect and trust SC Jack Smith.. he's earned it.

[Ocelot II]

50. A guy who's been prosecuting war crimes is a serious person.

It's pretty insulting to suggest that he might not be, or that we need his assurances that he is.

[Cha]

52. Very insulting.. and I'm

tired of it.. for one.

[Cha]

48. TY.. that's right.. it's up to Smith

and his Doctors when he should be able to travel.. not anyone else who is opining when.

[dutch777]

4. He has tickets...but they are on Southwest.

[Takket]

6. Hahaha. Thread winner!

[fightforfreedom]

11. Is he stranded at the airport?

Somebody go pick him up. Lol.

[ret5hd]

5. If the suspense eats at us like this...

just think what it’s doing to the guilty!

[fightforfreedom]

10. Good point.

[Irish_Dem]

26. Yes I think Trump is afraid of Jack Smith.

The fact JS prosecutes war crimes has spooked Trump.

(I base this on Trump's crazier than normal behavior lately.)

[Irish_Dem]

7. It's odd he has stayed in Europe so long.

Either his injury is more significant than we have been told.
Or there is another reason.

The DOJ could have sent him a private jet with medical staff to get him
back to the US.

[live love laugh]

14. Is it odd to be away during the holidays?

Could there be “business” overseas?

[Irish_Dem]

27. What kind of business.

[live love laugh]

28. Who knows?

[tinrobot]

34. He was in the hospital, then slowly recovering from an injury

Some sort of accident on his bike.

We'll probably see him back in the US soon.

[live love laugh]

40. Thanks 😊 I didn't know.

[Cha]

51. Oh wow.. I hadn't heard that..

He'll be back when he's given the okay from his Doctor.

TY!

[Ocelot II]

17. Maybe he figured he could get more work done where he won't be constantly pestered.

[Rebl2]

20. Likely

Didn’t know he injured his knee.

[Irish_Dem]

32. That could be it.

Once he hits DC, it will be the usual GOP three ring circus.

Maybe he wanted to getting a good running start away from the drama.
Or perhaps some other reason we have yet to figure out.

I have had serious spine, leg and ankle injuries requiring surgery and rehab.

So I know the time line for travel and activity level.

JS should have been able to travel sooner even with a serious knee injury.

[greatauntoftriplets]

41. He's recovering from surgery.

[Irish_Dem]

42. His recovery time is not matching the reported injury.

I have had serious injuries from falls.

Fractured spine and broken leg/ ankle necessitating surgery and rehab.
Fairly quickly the doctors are getting you up and moving around.

JS's recovery timeline is not matching a knee injury. He certainly would
have been mobile some time ago and able to travel.

Garland could have sent a US aircraft outfitted with medical staff to get him home.

So either the injury was much more severe or there was a reason to stay in Europe.

[Wounded Bear]

12. I'm not sure he's a news conference kind of guy...

[Autumn]

13. After the new Congress is in session would be my guess. nt

[Solomon]

18. The heralding of Jack Smith reminds me of that old cheerleader song:

Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald can! If he can't do it no one can!
Mueller, Mueller, Mueller can! If he can't do it no one can!
Garland, Garland, Garland can! If he can't do it no one can!
Now its Jack Smith, Jack Smith, Jack Smith can! ....

[JohnSJ]

19. There will not be a news conference from him. The only thing the public will see will be outcomes

[Ocelot II]

23. Yes. I don't know why anybody thinks a news conference would be helpful.

What would it help? It would be nothing but the usual "we'll follow the evidence wherever it takes us; nobody is above the law, blah, blah, blah," because he can't talk about the specifics of who is being investigated or when there will be indictments, which is what everyone wants to know. The results matter; performative and information-free news conferences do not.

[JohnSJ]

25. +++

[Pobeka]

30. +1 nt

[TigressDem]

22. He's still working, but probably safer there.

tRUMP has put out a hit on him and his family.

[notinkansas]

36. I don't know about the 'hit' part,

but I'm sure he's definitely safer there - away from the magats.

[TigressDem]

43. Dog Whistle comments.

https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-huge-miscalculation-could-make-his-legal-trouble-worse-kirschner-1763931

TRUMP'S POST ON Truth Social

"Jack Smith (nice, soft name, isn't it?), is a political hit man, who is totally compromised, and shouldn't be allowed anywhere near our already highly WEAPONIZED & CORRUPT 'Justice' Department and FBI, which are stuffed with, and listening to, Radical Left 'MONSTERS,' who will cause difficulties for our Country the likes of which we have not seen before," Trump wrote in a recent Truth Social post.

In several other posts, Trump spoke about Smith's family, including one post in which he mentioned Smith's wife, Katy Chevigny, and included screenshots of her applauding President Joe Biden's win in the 2020 election.

"Donald Trump's threats against Jack Smith's family members might very well support an obstruction of justice charge," Kirschner said in the interview. "He's trying to corruptly interfere in the administration of justice and obstructing justice is a 20-year federal felony. It might also constitute interfering or impeding with the official duties of a government employee or official."

[notinkansas]

53. Didn't know that.

Something.....something about when you find yourself in a hole - stop digging.

Geez!

[Karma13612]

46. Seriously?

I hadn’t read that anywhere. Quite frightening.

[Pobeka]

29. Not no, but h*ll no on news conferences. I want his focus on doing the job, not managing press.

Doing the job is what will convict criminals, I can wait.

Tidbits I get from the media ecosystem indicate he's having no problem running the investigation from where ever he is.

I recommend listening to the "Jack" podcast from Allison Gill & Andrew McCabe to get a thorough understanding of what's going on, why it is so different in a legal court vs J6 committee hearings etc.

[Sympthsical]

31. Helpful to whom?

Do we want justice or do we want theater?

Prosecutors who seek the camera are rarely the people you want working on anything.

He's working. That's sufficient.

[Ocelot II]

33. Exactly right. I don't want a prosecutor to be grandstanding before the tv cameras.

And if he is, I don't want that guy. I want someone who hunkers down and does the hard work without feeling like he has to suck up to the media and the public a la Michael Avenatti.

[fightforfreedom]

35. How about a news conference announcing some indictments?

Would that be grandstanding?

[Sympthsical]

37. You know that's what's not being discussed

Indictments are news.

A daily soap opera is not.

And it's important to know the difference between the two.

[Ocelot II]

39. But that's not what you're asking about, is it?

DoJ commonly announces major indictments.

[Fiendish Thingy]

38. Just as Garland didn't hold news conferences, don't expect Smith to

Garland has only made a couple of general public statements on the Trump investigations, and no one should expect more from Smith.

[kacekwl]

44. Two weeks.