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The simple reason Jack Smith charges won’t stick as easy as Trump thinks
Trump’s DOJ Isn’t Hitting a Wall. It’s Hitting a Remnant of LawA weak case is still a messageThe source story is simple: Trump wants Jack Smith prosecuted, Jim Jordan is helping supply the pretext, and former federal prosecutors think the case will likely collapse in Washington, D.C., where venue rules, grand juries, and basic evidentiary reality make this stunt hard to sell. That is the procedural surface.The political substance is uglier. This is not an administration searching for justice. It is an administration shopping for a punishment that can be staged, leaked, and used. The point is…
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