EXCLUSIVE: Jack Smith WARNS Nicolle about unprecedented attacks on rule of law in FIRST interview - Deadline - MS NOW

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"I think we are facing an attack on the rule of law that is different in kind and scope to anything I've seen in my lifetime."

In his first ever TV interview, exclusively on Deadline: White House, former Special Counsel Jack Smith breaks his silence to Nicolle Wallace on the dangers of a weaponized Justice Department. - Aired on 07/02/2026.

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1. This was a great interview

Nicole was amazing]

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2. 'Simply staggering': Eyes widen as Jack Smith blows the whistle on 'American Gestapo'

Nicole Wallace's interview of Jack Smith was amazing

Former special counsel Jack Smith stunned online viewers by revealing how he prepared for prosecution by the Trump administration.

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Former special counsel Jack Smith stunned online viewers by revealing how he prepared for prosecution by the Trump administration.

During an appearance on MS NOW, Smith spoke about hiring lawyers when he left his job as a federal prosecutor because he led two criminal investigations into Donald Trump, including for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the discovery of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.

"I resigned as special counsel. I know I need to get a lawyer because the president has said he wants to jail me for doing my job," Jack Smith explained. "And so I retain lawyers, as soon as that becomes public, the president and the Justice Department target that law firm."

Online, viewers reacted to Smith's account of how his fears about the Trump administration came true. Veteran political scientist Norman Ornstein responded by describing the administration as "American Gestapo" in a post on X.

"The retribution is simply staggering," wrote civil rights lawyer Leslie Proll.

"We are in such high cotton here," reacted columnist Sophia A. Nelson. "And nobody in power who can stop him or his minions gives a d—."

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