The modern Democratic Party operates like a mafia family.

Like the Mafia, the Democratic Party has a certain hierarchy. There are big bosses at the top of the food chain, like the Obamas and the Clintons. There are trusted advisers, like Attorney General Merrick Garland and outside super lawyer Marc Elias. There are caporegiers, or seats of power, like Democratic Governors Gavin Newsom of California and Kathy Hockle of New York. There was even a years-long vow of silence surrounding President Joe Biden's apparent physical and mental decline.

And like any organized crime gang, there are street-level ashigaru, or hitmen, whose role it is to faithfully carry out the orders of their superiors. The tasks assigned to them are often of a less than renowned nature, including blackmail, extortion, blackmail, and, of course, the elimination of rivals who pose a real threat to the family's territory or reputation.

In 2024, we will see the emergence of so-called special prosecutor Jack Smith, as both Justices Clarence Thomas and Eileen Cannon have recently described it. Conclusion — is the Democratic Party’s finest foot soldier, the Democratic legal complex that currently serves as the tip of the party’s electoral spear. (Related: Josh Hammer: Democrats officially cross the Rubicon after launching legal attack on Trump)

There should be no illusions that Smith was an honorable law enforcement officer committed to upholding the unbiased rule of law: after all, he had prosecuted a former president of the United States for violating the Espionage Act. — The controversial World War I-era law is usually only applied in extreme cases like those of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Julian Assange, and Edward Snowden, but after this week it was in full view, as Smith's blatant political and electioneering activities became public knowledge for all to see.

But first, let's take a step back and consider this: Earlier this summer, Smith was reprimanded by the court in at least three different ways.

first, Fisher v. United States, The Supreme Court's 6-3 majority held that the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act's disruption of an “official proceeding” provision (18 U.S.C. Section 1512) cannot be used to prosecute participants in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Rather, that section of Sarbanes-Oxley concerns corporate fraud and the destruction of physical documents, not constitutional events such as the formal counting of electoral votes in Congress.

Secondly, Trump vs. the United StatesIn a slightly amended 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court strongly rejected Smith's argument that former presidents have no right to immunity from criminal prosecution after they leave office, ruling instead that presidents have an absolute right to immunity from prosecution for all fully constitutional acts performed while in office, and a rebuttable presumption of immunity from prosecution for “official” acts more broadly defined.

Third, Justice Thomas Pro-opinion In the case of Trump v. United States, Judge Cannon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida also ruled, suggesting that Smith is not a legitimate US Department of Justice special counsel because Congress did not properly create his position “by law.” Judge Cannon's ruling dismissed the Espionage Act lawsuit that Smith filed against former President Donald Trump, setting off the highly publicized classified documents dispute at Mar-a-Lago. Smith is currently appealing Cannon's dismissal.

The combined effect of these rapid developments should have sent a clear message to Smith: Abort the mission.. This is even more true given the looming November election, in which a criminal defendant will appear at the top of the ballot. After all, the Department of Justice's Internal Justice Manual states that “federal prosecutors may never make investigative or prosecution decisions, or choose the procedure for an investigation or the timing of criminal charges, with the intent to influence an election or to favor or disadvantage any candidate or political party.”

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Any decent prosecutor, or any prosecutor for that matter, would have admitted defeat and abandoned the madness of the legal battle. Instead, in an indictment filed in Washington, DC this week, Smith took an even more aggressive stance. In every possible way. (RELATED: Exclusive: Jim Jordan Launches Investigation into Jack Smith's Indictment Against Trump)

Smith only made cosmetic changes to the original indictment, removing certain factual allegations that clearly related to the president's fully constitutional acts, but leaving intact other alleged acts that fall under the broader category of “official” presidential acts. Amazingly, Smith left in place the very Surbox Clause that the Supreme Court in Fisher ruled inapplicable to January 6th-related prosecutions in both counts against Trump, including Smith's anti-Trump lawsuit in Washington. And perhaps most infuriatingly, this fool Smith simply didn't get the memo. Like a dumped lover, he still thinks he's the real “special counsel.” But he's not.

As a lawyer, I can tell you that Mr. Smith is not very good at all things legal. He should really consider another career. I've heard the US Secret Service is hiring.

The American people can be sure to oust Smith and the rest of their Democratic and legal allies this November.

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