{"id":2016342,"date":"2023-08-30T03:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T07:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-press-doj-about-impartiality-after-biden-staffer-met-with-jack-smiths-team-before-trump-indictment\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T03:15:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T07:15:04","slug":"republicans-press-doj-about-impartiality-after-biden-staffer-met-with-jack-smiths-team-before-trump-indictment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-press-doj-about-impartiality-after-biden-staffer-met-with-jack-smiths-team-before-trump-indictment\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans question DOJ&#8217;s impartiality after Biden staffer meets with Jack Smith&#8217;s team prior to Trump indictment."},"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\">32<\/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%2Frepublicans-press-doj-about-impartiality-after-biden-staffer-met-with-jack-smiths-team-before-trump-indictment%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=2016342&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--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>House Republicans Demand\u2063 Records of Communications Between Special Counsel and White House<\/h2>\n<p>House Republicans are pressing the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the White House to\u200d provide \u2063records of communications between special counsel \u2063Jack Smith&#8217;s office and President Joe Biden&#8217;s Executive Office, raising concerns\u2064 about Mr. Smith&#8217;s \u200d&#8221;impartiality&#8221; \u2062in prosecuting former President Donald \u2062Trump.<\/p>\n<p>House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) penned a pair \u200dof nearly identical letters to Attorney General Merrick Garland and White House\u200c Chief of Staff Jeff Zients, demanding records and\u200b raising questions \u2064about possible prosecutorial misconduct \u200cafter it emerged that a member of Mr.\u2062 Smith&#8217;s team met with a White House staffer several weeks before President Trump&#8217;s indictment.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Committee on \u200dthe Judiciary&#8217;s\u200b Oversight<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The Committee on the Judiciary is continuing its oversight of the Biden Justice Department&#8217;s \u200ccommitment to impartial justice and its handling of a \u200dspecial \u200bcounsel\u2062 investigation \u200cagainst President\u200d Biden&#8217;s \u2063chief opponent in the upcoming presidential\u200c election,&#8221; Mr. Jordan\u200c wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related \u2063Stories<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n              <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/analysis-dc-judge-rushes-gargantuan-trump-case-to-trial-5482733\">ANALYSIS:\u200b DC Judge Rushes &#8216;Gargantuan&#8217; Trump Case to Trial<\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/29\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n              <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/3-trump-associates-in-fulton-county-election-case-plead-not-guilty-5482662\">3 Trump \u200cAssociates \u200din \u2064Fulton County Election Case Plead Not Guilty<\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/29\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mr. Jordan cited media reports indicating that Jay\u200b Bratt, \u200ba\u2062 prosecutor on Mr. Smith&#8217;s team, met with White House officials multiple\u2064 times before Mr.\u2062 Smith indicted President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>A recent meeting \u2064reported on by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/biden-staffer-met-with-member-of-jack-smiths-team-before-trump-indictment-5481194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Epoch Times<\/a> involved Mr. Bratt meeting with\u2064 Caroline\u2063 Saba, deputy chief of staff for President \u200cJoe Biden&#8217;s White\u200b House Counsel&#8217;s office, on March 31.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Raising Concerns of Coordinated Effort<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;This new information raises serious concerns regarding the potential \u200dfor \u2064a coordinated \u2064effort between the Department and the White \u200dHouse to investigate and \u2063prosecute President Biden&#8217;s political opponents,&#8221; Mr. Jordan wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>More Details<\/h2>\n<p>The Republican lawmaker\u200b added that the Judiciary Committee had previously raised concerns about Mr. Bratt&#8217;s\u200b involvement in this matter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Bratt is\u200c alleged \u2062to have improperly pressured a lawyer representing an employee \u2063of President Trump to induce the lawyer&#8217;s client to cooperate with the Department&#8217;s prosecution,&#8221; Mr. Jordan wrote, adding that Mr. Bratt had\u200c &#8220;allegedly\u2063 commented to the lawyer that he did not\u200d think\u2063 the lawyer was a &#8216;Trump guy&#8217; and that &#8216;he would do the right thing.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This relates\u2064 to allegations that Stanley Woodward, an attorney\u200b for Trump \u200bco-defendant in \u200bthe classified documents case, Walt Nauta, was inappropriately pressured by Mr. Bratt to convince Mr. Nauta to cooperate.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump\u200d himself alleged on Truth Social that \u2063the \u2063prosecutor tried \u2063to &#8220;bribe\u200c [and] intimidate&#8221; Nauta&#8217;s\u200c lawyer by offering an &#8220;important judgeship&#8221; if his client &#8220;flips&#8221; on the former president.<\/p>\n<p>In light of the reporting, Mr. Jordan\u200b said the House \u200dJudiciary Committee \u200dwas\u200c seeking records \u200bof communications \u200crelating to the meeting\u2063 between Mr. Bratt and White House staffers.<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not respond to a request for comment while\u2063 Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mr. Smith&#8217;s office, told The Epoch Times\u2062 in \u2064an emailed\u2064 statement that the office \u201cdeclines \u2064to comment on any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-press-doj-about-impartiality-after-biden-staffer-met-with-jack-smiths-team-before-trump-indictment\/\" title=\"Republicans question DOJ's impartiality after Biden staffer meets with Jack Smith's team prior to Trump indictment.\">case-related interviews<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Trump took to Truth Social to \u200ccomment on earlier \u200creports that Mr.\u200b Bratt had met with White House staff.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has just been reported that aides \u200dto \u200bTRUMP prosecutor, Deranged Jack Smith, \u2062met with high \u200bofficials at the \u200bWhite House just prior to\u200d these\u2064 political SleazeBags Indicating me OVER NOTHING,&#8221; the former \u200bpresident said \u2062in \u2062his \u2062post.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If this is so, which it is, that means that Biden and\u2063 his Fascist Thugs \u2063knew and APPROVED\u200c of this Country dividing Form of Election Interference, despite their insisting that they &#8216;knew nothing,'&#8221; President \u2064Trump \u200dcontinued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s\u200d all a BIG\u200c LIE, just \u200clike\u2063 Russia, Russia, Russia, &#038; not knowing about son\u2019s business dealings. \u2064DISMISS CASE!&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<h2>Mystery Meeting<\/h2>\n<p>Visitor logs reviewed by The Epoch Times \u200cshow \u2062that Mr. Bratt\u200d met with\u2064 Ms. Saba on March 31.<\/p>\n<p>Although the logs provide no details \u2063as\u200c to the subject of the meeting or what was \u2062discussed, questions have been raised about why a member of Mr. Smith&#8217;s team would be meeting with the White House Counsel&#8217;s office while in the midst of an investigation into President Trump, who is President Biden&#8217;s chief rival in the 2024 presidential race.<\/p>\n<p>While\u200b the \u200dsubject of the\u200d meeting remains\u2064 a mystery, it took place \u2063several days after an Obama-appointed judge ordered Trump lawyer \u2064Evan Corcoran to testify before a grand\u2062 jury in Mr. Smith&#8217;s investigation into \u200bdocuments held by the former president at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Smith&#8217;s team prevailed\u2062 in getting more testimony from Mr. Corcoran after\u200b Chief Judge Beryl \u2062Howell \u2062rejected attorney-client privilege claims that Mr. Corcoran raised during \u200can appearance before a \u200bgrand jury in Washington in January.<\/p>\n<p>About \u200dnine weeks after Mr. Bratt\u2064 met with Ms. Saba in the \u2064West Wing, Mr. Smith <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-says-he-has-been-indicted-in-classified-documents-probe-5322466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">indicted the 45th president<\/a> on 37 counts,\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joy-behar-blames-gerald-ford-for-a-possible-trump-pardon\/\" title=\"Joy Behar accuses Gerald Ford of being responsible for a potential Trump pardon.\">including willful retention<\/a> of classified documents, obstruction of justice, and \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-three-indictments-trump-is-facing\/\" title=\"Trump is facing three indictments. Here's what you need to know.\">making \u2063false statements<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On June 13, President Tru<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans are urging the DOJ and White House to disclose communication records between special counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s office and President Joe Biden&#8217;s Executive Office. They question Mr. Smith&#8217;s fairness in prosecuting former President Donald Trump. Jim Jordan, House Judiciary Committee Chairman (R-Ohio), wrote two nearly identical letters expressing these concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":2016343,"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":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2016342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016342","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\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2016342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2016343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2016342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2016342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2016342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}