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The House Judiciary Committee has indicated that it may seek to out all of special prosecutor Jack Smith’s team of prosecutors.

A spokesperson revealed that “everything is on the table” when asked by the Gateway Pundit whether the committee will name names,

“Everything is on the table as to what comes next, but we won’t leave a single stone unturned,” the spokesperson said.

The remarks come amid the committee sending a letter to Smith ordering him to preserve all of his team’s records now that President-elect Donald Trump has been reelected and the Biden-Harris Department of Justice is therefore winding down its prosecutions.

“According to recent public reports, prosecutors in your office have been ‘gaming out legal options’ in the event that President Donald Trump won the election,” the letter reads. “With President Trump’s decisive victory this week, we are concerned that the Office of Special Counsel may attempt to purge relevant records, communications, and documents responsive to our numerous requests for information. The Office of Special Counsel is not immune from transparency or above accountability for its actions. We reiterate our requests, which are itemized in the attached appendix and incorporated herein, and ask that you produce the entirety of the requested material as soon as possible but no later than November 22, 2024.”

“Furthermore, this letter serves as a formal request to preserve all existing and future records and materials related to the Office of Special Counsel’s investigations and prosecutions of President Trump. You should construe this preservation notice as an instruction to take all reasonable steps to prevent the destruction or alteration, whether intentionally or negligently, of all documents, communications, and other information, including electronic information and metadata, that are or may be responsive to this congressional inquiry. This instruction includes all electronic messages sent using official and personal accounts or devices, including records created using text messages, phone-based message applications, or encryption software,” it continues.

The public report the letter referenced was published by CNN a couple of days before Election Day.

“More than a half dozen people who are close to the special counsel’s office or other top Justice Department officials told CNN that they believe Smith doesn’t want to close shop before being ordered to do so or being pushed out by Trump,” the report read.

“While closing his office before Inauguration has always been an option, sources believe Smith and his core team are likely to keep both Trump cases alive in court as long as they can, knowing they could run headlong into Trump’s wrath,” it continued.

“He’s not going to be the one to say, ‘I’m going to fold the tent,’” a former Justice Department official familiar with Smith’s thinking said.

On Friday, Smith asked a federal judge to put Trump’s case on hold until he decides his next move.

In his request to Judge Tanya Chutkan, Smith wrote that his office “respectfully requests that the Court vacate the remaining deadlines in the pretrial schedule to afford the Government time to assess this unprecedented circumstance and determine the appropriate course going forward consistent with Department of Justice policy.”

“He said he would file a status report or inform the court about what his office has decided by Dec. 2,” according to Spectrum News.

Smith has been behind two cases against Trump.

“In the Washington case, Trump was indicted on four charges related to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct a federal proceeding, obstruction of a federal proceeding and conspiracy against rights,” Spectrum News notes.

“In another case led by Smith, Trump was indicted in Florida on charges that he illegally retained classified documents after leaving the White House. Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case in July, ruling that the Justice Department illegally appointed Smith to lead the prosecution. Smith has been appealing the ruling,” according to the outlet.

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