The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) reportedly opened an investigation on Friday into former Special Counsel Jack Smith over his two probes into President Donald Trump, following allegations he played politics with the cases.
Smith led the criminal investigations into allegations that Trump mishandled classified documents and that his actions on January 6, 2021, were an attempt to overturn the 2020 election. He was never convicted of crimes in either case.
The Hatch Act unit of the OSC is leading the investigation, according to an email reviewed by the New York Post. The unit enforces the law that restricts government employees from engaging in political activities in their official capacities.
The investigation comes after Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton urged Acting Special Counsel Jamieson Greer to investigate Smith, questioning whether Smith violated federal law by acting in an alleged political manner to undermine Trump in his presidential bid last year.
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