{"id":1984841,"date":"2023-07-28T07:11:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T11:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-trial-who-jack-smith-has-questioned-in-jan-6-inquiry\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T09:22:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T13:22:38","slug":"donald-trump-trial-who-jack-smith-has-questioned-in-jan-6-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-trial-who-jack-smith-has-questioned-in-jan-6-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Smith has questioned individuals in the Jan. 6 inquiry involving Donald Trump."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdonald-trump-trial-who-jack-smith-has-questioned-in-jan-6-inquiry%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1984841&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Special \u200cCounsel Investigating 2020 Election Certification<\/h2>\n<p>Special counsel Jack Smith is\u2063 conducting a thorough investigation into the certification of the 2020 election. With the possibility of a third presidential indictment on the horizon, Smith \u2063has been seeking testimony from numerous individuals.\u200b His <a title=\"Report: Hunter Biden Paid IRS M in 2021, Attempting to Evade Conviction or Long Sentence\u00a0 \u00a0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-hunter-biden-paid-irs-1m-in-2021-attempting-to-evade-conviction-or-long-sentence\/\">grand jury continues<\/a> to meet with witnesses, focusing particularly on those closest\u2063 to \u200dformer President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Inner Circle Under Scrutiny<\/h3>\n<p>Smith has\u200b shown \u2064a keen interest \u200bin Trump&#8217;s\u200c family\u200d members, top aides, and attorneys. He is investigating whether Trump may have blamed or pressured individuals in \u200dthe \u2064aftermath of\u200d the election. The \u200cinformation that\u2064 has \u200demerged about the \u2062secret grand jury&#8217;s subpoenas and meetings with prosecutors suggests that Trump is \u2064the prime suspect in Smith&#8217;s investigation. This\u2064 was further reinforced by a target letter that Trump recently announced he received.<\/p>\n<p>The letter, typically \u2063sent ahead of an\u200b indictment, offered \u2062Trump the opportunity to \u2063meet with the \u200bgrand jury within four \u200bdays. In\u2064 a lengthy statement, Trump, the 2024 GOP presidential front-runner, accused the Department of Justice \u200cof effectively issuing a third indictment and arresting his &#8220;number one political opponent,&#8221; Joe Biden. Trump asserted his right to protest an election that he believes was \u2063rigged and stolen,\u2064 drawing parallels to the Democrats&#8217; actions against him in 2016.<\/p>\n<h2>Continuing the Investigation<\/h2>\n<p>Attorney \u200cGeneral Merrick\u2064 Garland specifically tasked Jack Smith with continuing the Department of Justice&#8217;s ongoing investigation. The \u200cinvestigation aims to\u200c determine whether any person or\u200c entity violated the law \u2063in connection with efforts to interfere with the lawful transfer of power following the 2020 \u200dpresidential\u2064 election or the certification of\u2064 the Electoral College vote.<\/p>\n<p>Speculation has been swirling that Smith&#8217;s grand jury could deliver an indictment\u200d soon, but as of now, no \u200cindictment has been announced. On the same day that \u2062the indictment was \u2064expected, Trump\u200d revealed that his attorneys had a productive meeting\u2062 with the DOJ, during which no indication of an \u2063impending indictment was\u2063 given.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Individuals Identified in the Investigation<\/h2>\n<p>Below are some of \u200dthe individuals that \u2062Jack Smith has\u200c identified as relevant\u200d to the case:<\/p>\n<h3>Family \u200bMembers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jared Kushner:<\/strong> Trump&#8217;s\u200c son-in-law testified to the grand jury\u200d in June, stating\u2063 that he believed Trump genuinely thought the election was stolen.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ivanka Trump:<\/strong> Kushner&#8217;s wife\u200d and Trump&#8217;s eldest daughter, who was subpoenaed but has\u2062 not yet testified.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>White House and Campaign Aides<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mike Pence:<\/strong> The\u200d former vice president testified before \u2063the grand jury in\u200d April. Pence presided over the Senate during the certification of the Electoral College \u200cresults and has since denounced Trump&#8217;s refusal\u200c to accept the election results.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rudy Giuliani:<\/strong> Trump&#8217;s attorney \u200cvoluntarily complied with Smith&#8217;s request for an interview,\u200d asserting his loyalty to\u2063 Trump.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stephen\u200c Miller:<\/strong> A senior adviser and speechwriter in the Trump White House,\u200b Miller testified before the grand \u2062jury in April.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mark Meadows:<\/strong> Trump&#8217;s former chief of staff, and Dan Scavino, his former deputy chief \u200dof staff,\u2063 have both testified to the grand jury.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bernie Kerik:<\/strong> Former New York Police \u2063Department Commissioner who worked \u200cfor the Trump campaign, Kerik complied with Smith&#8217;s subpoena for\u2064 documents.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Steve Bannon:<\/strong> \u200bA key strategist\u200b for Trump, Bannon was recently subpoenaed by Smith for documents and testimony.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Top Department \u200bof Homeland Security Officials<\/h3>\n<p>Officials who served in the Department of\u2064 Homeland Security during \u2063Trump&#8217;s presidency, including Ken Cuccinelli and Chad\u2064 Wolf, testified about White \u2062House \u2063officials asking if DHS could <a title=\"\u201cLiberals Beware \u2013 Patriots Are Just Getting Started\u201d \u2013 Attorney Lin Wood Calls on President Trump to Impose Martial Law in 7 States, Confiscate Dominion Machines\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberals-beware-patriots-are-just-getting-started-attorney-lin-wood-calls-on-president-trump-to-impose-martial-law-in-7-states-confiscate-dominion-machines\/\">seize voting machines<\/a>. \u200dThey\u2063 adamantly denied that the department had the \u200cauthority to\u2064 do so.<\/p>\n<h3>State Officials<\/h3>\n<p>State officials who have been involved in the investigation include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brad Raffensperger:<\/strong> Georgia Republican Secretary of State who met\u2063 with \u200dfederal prosecutors and provided them\u200c with <a title=\"Jack Smith has questioned individuals in the Jan. 6 inquiry involving Donald Trump.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-trial-who-jack-smith-has-questioned-in-jan-6-inquiry\/\">election night surveillance footage<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rusty Bowers:<\/strong> Arizona GOP House\u200d Speaker who was \u200cinterviewed by\u2064 the \u200bFBI.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adrian Fontes:<\/strong> Arizona Democratic Secretary \u200bof\u200d State\u200d who received subpoenas for documents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jack Smith&#8217;s investigation is ongoing, and it remains \u2062to be seen \u200cwhat further developments will arise as the grand\u200d jury\u2063 continues its work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special counsel Jack Smith is actively gathering testimony from numerous individuals in his investigation into the 2020 election certification. As his grand jury persists in meeting with witnesses, the possibility of a third presidential indictment becomes more imminent. Smith, appointed in November, focuses on those with close ties to the former president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1984842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Jack Smith has questioned individuals in the Jan. 6 inquiry involving Donald Trump.","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1984841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Jack Smith has questioned individuals in the Jan. 6 inquiry involving Donald Trump.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1984841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1984842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1984841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1984841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1984841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}