Jack Smith, With Trump Out of His Grasp, Vows To Prosecute the President-Elect’s Employees

Waltine Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira refused to flip on ‘the boss’ — who could now reward them with a presidential pardon.

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President Trump arrives at Mar-a-Lago, November 18, 2022, at Palm Beach, Florida. AP/Rebecca Blackwell, file

The dismissal of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s two cases against President-elect Trump is an acknowledgement that the prosecutor has lost. Now, the decision by two of Trump’s co-defendants  and employees to refuse to testify against their boss looks like a winning bet to avoid decades in prison. Like Trump, they both pleaded “not guilty” to all charges.

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