Legal analyst Gregg Jarrett said Monday on Fox Business that former special counsel Jack Smith’s “cozy arrangement” with outside attorneys should be investigated by the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Pam Bondi. Smith, who led two legal cases against President Donald Trump, revealed Friday that he had received $140,000 in pro bono legal services from the high-profile Washington, D.C., law firm Covington & Burling before leaving the DOJ, Politico first reported.
During The Evening Edit, Fox host Elizabeth McDonald questioned Jarrett about the revelation, asking whether he expects “any civil or legal or ethics probe” into Smith’s conduct. “Yeah, I mean, just taking this gift, for example, from a firm aligned with Democrats only fortifies the evidence of political bias and maybe corruption that drove the lawfare campaign against Trump,” Jarrett said. “This cozy arrangement, I think, demands further disclosure, more investigation.”
“Was it related to the two prosecutions he brought against Trump? Did Garland know about it? The ethics are highly questionable whether it was sanctioned or not. It’s exactly why I argued in a column on Fox News that Jack Smith should be investigated by the incoming DOJ,” Jarrett added.
While it remains unclear what legal advice Smith sought, Politico obtained a financial disclosure filed on January 10—just one day before he resigned from the DOJ. The high-profile law firm Covington & Burling, which provided Smith with pro bono legal services, has been linked to transgender activists using litigation to advance child sex-change procedures. It has also supported an organization that trains judges to interpret cases through the lens of gender ideology.
Smith’s resignation came shortly before President Donald Trump’s inauguration and the confirmation of Pam Bondi as attorney general. Upon taking office, one of Bondi’s first actions was establishing the Weaponization Working Group, tasked with investigating Smith’s handling of cases against Trump. “In fact, Pam Bondi has now launched that probe. If lawfare prosecutors like Smith manipulated the law to damage Trump’s political campaign, that is a criminal violation of his civil rights under the federal codes. Prosecutors could be prosecuted,” Jarrett said.