Jack Smith Biography
Jack Smith (born – John Luman Smith) is an American Lawyer (Attorney) well-known for serving the US Department of Justice, as United States attorney and head of the Public Integrity Section. Smith is also famous for serving the Kosovo Specialist Chambers as the chief prosecutor.
Jack Smith Age
Smith was born on June 5, 1969, in the United States. He is therefore 54 years old as of 2023. He celebrates his birthday on the 5th of June every year.
Jack Smith Height
Smith stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 10 inches.
Jack Smith Family
Smith grew up in Clay, New York. He has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight hence he has not disclosed any information about his parents. It is also unknown if Smith has any siblings.
Jack Smith Wife / Daughter
Smith is married to his lovely spouse, Katy Chevigny, a famous documentary filmmaker. They tied the knot in July 2011. The duo resided in the Netherlands from 2018 to December 2022, when they relocated to Washington, D.C. This happened right after Smith got chosen as a special counselor. The couple takes great pride in being dad and mom to their one daughter, whose names are under review.
About Katy Chevigny
Katy Chevigny (born – Katy Gale Chevigny) is an American famous award-winning documentary filmmaker, known for directing and producing over 30 documentary films. Notable, she is famous for producing the documentary “Becoming” (2020) about Michelle Obama.
Other documentaries she has produced include My Two Months in Harlem (2022), The First Step (2021), Dick Johnson Is Dead (2021), Dark Money (2018), E-Team (2014), 1971 (2014), and Don’t Be Nice (2018). Katy is an alumnus of Yale University. Before she met Smith, she was in a marriage with Jonathan Chen, which was unsuccessful and it ended in a divorce. The reason for their divorce is unknown.
Jack Smith Net Worth
Smith has an estimated net worth of $20 Million. He has earned through his successful career as a Lawyer (Attorney).
Jack Smith Education
Smith is a proud 1987 alumnus of Liverpool High School and 1991 alumnus of the State University of New York at Oneonta. He earned a Bachelor of Arts and graduated summa cum laude from the university. While in high school, he was part of the baseball and football teams. Smith is also a 1994 graduate of Harvard Law School, where he earned a Juris Doctor Degree and also graduated cum laude.
Jack Smith Career
Once Smith finished law school, he started working at the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. He was like an assistant to the main attorney there. He worked on cases involving domestic violence and sex crimes. Then, in the year 1999, he began working at the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of NY.
He was an assistant attorney there, and he helped bring police officers to justice for hurting and doing bad things to Abner Louima. He also worked on a case where someone by the name of Ronell Wilson hurt and killed 2 NYPD police officers, but later the highest punishment was changed.
Between the years 2008 and 2010, Smith worked as a person who helps with investigations at a special court in another country called the International Criminal Court. This court is in the Netherlands. He was in charge of looking into cases where government officials and fighters were accused of doing really bad things during wars. In the year 2010, Smith came back to the United States and became the boss of a part of the Department of Justice.
He looked into cases involving public officials and recommended stopping some investigations into members of Congress. He did this job for half a decade. During that time, he worked on cases about corrupt behavior, like Jeffrey Sterling (a CIA agent who shared secret information) and Bob McDonnell (governor of Virginia), as well as Rick Renzi (a member of Congress) and Sheldon Silver (the speaker of the NY State Assembly).
In the year 2015, Smith started working as an assistant United States attorney in Nashville, TN. He took over as the acting United States attorney in March 2017 when David Rivera left his position. He left his role in September 2017 after Donald Q. Cochran was a nominee. In the year 2017, Smith became the vice president and head of legal matters at Hospital Corporation of America.
Jack Smith Hague
On May 7, 2018, Smith was chosen to lead the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague for 4 years, as a chief prosecutor. This group looks into war crimes from the Kosovo War, like what happened with Salih Mustafa. He started his role on September 11, 2018, and was picked again for another term on May 8, 2022. He finished his 2nd term on November 18, 2022.
Jack Smith US Special Counsel
Merrick Garland, who is in charge of legal matters for the US, chose Smith for a special job on November 18, 2022. Smith’s job was to make sure that investigations about what Donald Trump did during the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6 and how he was taking care of government papers, including secret ones, at his Mar-a-Lago place, were done fairly. At first, Smith worked from the Netherlands while getting better from a leg injury. He got hurt when a scooter hit him while he was riding a bicycle. By early January 2023, Smith had come back to the United States
On June 8, 2023, a group of people in charge of making big decisions about laws (called a grand jury) officially accused Trump of breaking seven important federal laws. This is the first time in America’s history that a president, while in office or after, has been officially accused of breaking a big federal law. Then, on August 1, the same group of people added four more serious charges against Trump. These new charges were about him trying to change the results of the 2020 presidential election and his actions during the attack on the Capitol that happened on January 6.
Jack Smith Awards and Honors
Smith holds a multitude of prestigious awards, which he won throughout his career as an attorney/prosecutor. Notably, he has received the U.S. Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service and the United States Department of Justice Director’s Award. He has also earned recognition from the Federal Bar Association with the Younger Federal Attorney Award. He also holds the recognition of the esteemed Charles Rose Award from the Eastern District Association. Smith’s outstanding achievements extend beyond accolades within legal circles, as he has been celebrated with the Henry L. Stimson Medal from the New York County Bar Association and the Harvard Law School Wasserstein Fellowship.
Jack Smith Investigation
Smith, a special counsel, is the lead of the independent investigation called “Smith special counsel investigation”. He was appointed to this role by Merrick Garland (Attorney General) on November 18, 2022. The “Smith special counsel investigation” is an ongoing investigation led by Smith. It involves two inquiries started by the Justice Department (DOJ) about former United States President Donald Trump. Smith is looking into Trump’s involvement in the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol and how Trump handled government records, which include important papers like classified documents.
Jack Smith Subpoena / Charges Trump
Smith recently asked for information from the Arizona secretary of state’s office as part of his investigation into the January 6 riot and the attempts to change the 2020 election results. This was a confirmation from a spokesperson for the state agency in July 2023.
Paul Smith-Leonard, who speaks for Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, explained that Smith was looking into two lawsuits. One was from Donald Trump’s campaign, and the other was from Kelli Ward, a former Arizona Republican Party leader. Both lawsuits said that mistakes and cheating affected the 2020 election.
Smith wanted documents related to talks with opposing lawyers and evidence, according to Smith-Leonard.
The subpoena, which came out in May, was about these things. The law firm Coppersmith Brockelman PLC, which helps the secretary of state’s office with legal matters, gave Smith the requested information. The law firm’s attorney, Andy Gaona, and a spokesperson from the special counsel’s office didn’t want to comment on this.
Jack Smith Accident / Injury
In the early 2000s, Smith had a bicycle accident that helped him become stronger and more determined to deal with the difficulties in his job as a prosecutor. The accident surprised everyone, and the details weren’t widely known. This incident made people wonder about a lot of things. Smith, who is working independently as a special investigator, has shared his discoveries with a group of important people called a grand jury. He’s looking into how Trump managed secret papers.
The report says that the serious charge against Trump for breaking important security laws was not kept secret after the grand jury’s decision in Florida. The specific details of what he’s accused of haven’t been told to the public yet. Trump has said this case is because of politics and accused the Biden administration of being corrupt. There’s more information about this news that I’ll share with you in the next part of the article.
Smith was chosen by Attorney General Merrick Garland to lead this investigation, along with another one about Trump trying to change the 2020 election results. They picked Smith to avoid any chance of a problem because of his connection to the situation. Being chosen as special counsel shows that the Department of Justice is serious about looking into this without any personal influences, just for the public’s benefit. The case is still ongoing and they are treating this case very importantly.
Jack Smith Marathon / Running
Smith really loves to run and do triathlons. He runs a lot when he has free time. He started swimming when he was around 35 years old. He’s done over 100 triathlons and at least 9 super-tough Ironman competitions all across the globe.
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Jack Smith Social Media Platforms
He is active on his social media accounts and often posts on his Facebook and Twitter. He has over 357.4K followers on Twitter.
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