The U.S. Office of Special Counsel — the independent federal watchdog, not to be confused with Jack Smith’s now-defunct DOJ role — has launched an investigation into none other than… Jack Smith himself.
That’s right: the man who spent his final days as Merrick Garland’s special counsel trying to take down Donald Trump is now being scrutinized for possibly breaking the law while doing it.
According to Fox News, the OSC confirmed that it’s reviewing whether Smith violated the Hatch Act — the statute that prohibits federal employees from using their positions to influence elections. Translation: Was Jack Smith, under the guise of “justice,” running a politically motivated operation aimed at sabotaging Trump ahead of 2024?
It’s going to be difficult for the media and Democrats to dismiss the U.S. Office of Special Counsel investigating former Special Counsel Jack Smith on allegations that he improperly used his prosecutorial powers to stop President Trump in 2024.
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— Elizabeth MacDonald (@LizMacDonaldFOX) August 2, 2025
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) certainly thinks it’s worth finding out. Back in July, Cotton fired off a letter urging the OSC to investigate whether Smith “unlawfully acted for political purposes” as he led not one but two criminal probes into Trump: the classified documents case and the January 6th case. Both of those cases? Dismissed.
“President Trump of course vanquished Joe Biden, Jack Smith, every Democrat who weaponized the law against him,” Cotton wrote, before reminding everyone that Trump’s victory “doesn’t excuse Smith of responsibility for his unlawful election interference.”
And let’s not forget how this all unraveled. Smith resigned from the DOJ in January — just days before Trump’s inauguration — after his cases fizzled and it became clear he was on the chopping block. According to Breitbart, his office scrambled in those last days to release whatever it could before Biden’s administration handed over the keys to Trump.
Trump responded by suspending security clearances for the law firm Covington & Burling LLP, whose members had assisted Smith, citing concerns about their role in “the weaponization of the judicial process.”
Now, Smith himself is under review by the OSC’s Hatch Act Unit. No, this isn’t a criminal probe — but it’s an official investigation into whether his actions as special counsel crossed the line into partisan electioneering.
