U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., has asked the federal Office of Special Counsel for an investigation of special counsel Jack Smith, the leftist who was assigned to orchestrate a large part of the Democrats’ lawfare against President Donald Trump.
His cases went away when Trump was elected to his second term, but they involved a wild range of accusations including the J6 protests at the Capitol, election actions and more.
Jack Smith is a partisan Democrat who weaponized the law against President Trump to help Dems win. I’ve asked the Office of Special Counsel to investigate his actions that likely violated the law to influence the election. pic.twitter.com/64v6U3Y0wH
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) July 30, 2025
Cotton wrote, “I write requesting the Office of Special Counsel to investigate whether Jack Smith, Special Counsel for Attorney General Merrick Garland, unlawfully took political actions to influence the 2024 election to harm then-candidate President Donald Trump. As the Office of the Special Counsel is tasked with ensuring federal employees aren’t conducting partisan political activity under the guise of their federal employment, you’re well situated to determine whether Smith broke the law.”
His letter is to Acting Special Counsel Jamieson Greer in the United States Office of Special Counsel, where he added, “Many of Smith’s legal actions seem to have no rationale except for an attempt to affect the 2024 election results—actions that would violate federal law.”
A report at TownHall explained that Smith “did his best to throw President Donald Trump in federal prison during the 2024 presidential election.”
He’s also the man “behind the FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago.”
The report warned he “may soon get a taste of his own medicine.”
Smith, of course, is just one of many officials from the Barack Obama and Joe Biden administrations who now is coming under investigation, by the DOJ, Congress and more, for things like the Russiagate conspiracy that apparently was sparked by Hillary Clinton and carried out on the orders of Barack Obama.
Smith left the Department of Justice in January, just days before Trump took office again.
“Special Counsel Smith pushed for an out-of-the-ordinary, rushed trial for President Trump, with jury selection to begin just two weeks before the Iowa caucuses. No other case of this magnitude and complexity would come to trial this quickly,” Cotton pointed out. “Special Counsel Smith tried to bypass the normal process and go right to the Supreme Court, but gave no reason why his abnormal request should be granted. The real reason was to get a quick ruling to damage Trump before the election—a partisan, unlawful action.”
@MarkPaoletta: Jack Smith was a cancer who did everything in his power to take down President Trump.
“People who abuse their power should be held accountable.” pic.twitter.com/1YfbscIJqG
— Center for Renewing America (@amrenewctr) November 7, 2024
Cotton pointed out Smith was not at fault alone, as one of his procedural moves came just before the election, a brief of 165 pages, four times longer than the normal limit.
“This was breathlessly covered by the press in a way to damage Trump,” he said. “Why? To help Kamala and hurt Trump. There is no other reason. These actions were not standard, necessary, or justified. They were the actions of a political actor masquerading as a public official. That’s why I’ve asked this unprecedented interference in the 2024 election be immediately investigated by OSC.”