# DOJ/Jack Smith Investigation into Trump and Election Interference, January 6th Insurrection (Re-Indicted August 27, 2024) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 23, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455 "2022-11-23T20:14:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/182 "2023-07-27T18:02:08Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Totally irrelevant observation but I’m just curious- does anyone else think Jack Smith is a doppleganger for General Zod of the first Superman movie? I do wonder why he shaved the beard. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/183 "2023-07-27T18:25:06Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I do wonder why he shaved the beard. I haven’t seen any beardless pics of him except the ones that were taken when he was at The Hague. The most recent pics I’ve seen of him – walking to his office with Subway for lunch – show him with a beard. What makes you think he’s shaved? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/184 "2023-07-27T18:45:39Z")
Huh, maybe he regrew it? Or I saw an older picture of him at the Hague clean-shaven and just assumed they were recent? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/185 "2023-07-27T18:47:24Z")
I’d bet it’s the latter. If he was wearing a purple sash in the clean-shaven pics, then yes, those are the older ones. Somehow I think he knows the beard currently serves him well. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/186 "2023-07-27T19:15:42Z")
Yeah, Ted Cruz, that’s what a beard is _supposed_ to look like. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/187 "2023-07-27T19:16:23Z")
Just heard on POTUS channel 124 that the Grand Jury is NOT going to indict the traitor. I wonder if it was a hung jury or what. We may never know. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/188 "2023-07-27T19:21:33Z")
Here’s what **[CNN](https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-2020-election-probe/index.html)** has – bolding mine: > There will not be any grand jury indictment returns **today** in the federal court in Washington, DC, according to an official with DC District Court. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/189 "2023-07-27T19:44:30Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Just heard on POTUS channel 124 that the Grand Jury is NOT going to indict the traitor. > > I wonder if it was a hung jury or what. We may never know. I think you’re misunderstanding. It only means that they aren’t handing up any indictments today. They may have already handed up an indictment in this matter. Or they may hand one up on Tuesday, when next they meet. Nothing to panic over. I’d go more by the fact that various security organizations in D.C. are becoming quite active. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/190 "2023-07-27T20:05:04Z")
nbc is reporting that “trump lawyers told to expect indictment”. from what i hear the jury is still in session. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/191 "2023-07-27T20:19:21Z")
OK thanks. I either mis-heard or they mis-reported. Gives me hope. ---
**Author:** ![MulderMuffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldermuffin/32/2862_2.png) [@MulderMuffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MulderMuffin)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/192 "2023-07-27T20:33:47Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I’d go more by the fact that various security organizations in D.C. are becoming quite active. Is that right? Very interesting, indeed! I’d read something that they didn’t want to release an indictment Wednesday because of Hunter’s court thing. Didn’t want to give the appearance of trying to overshadow or hide the plea deal with a much bigger news story. True or not, it made sense. I’m expecting something before the week is out, with absolutely no facts to back that up. 🙂 If anyone catches Jack Smith at Subway for lunch tomorrow then that’s the biggest clue we could get. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/193 "2023-07-27T20:37:33Z")
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**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/194 "2023-07-27T20:50:07Z")
the grand jury has left the building. congress has also left for the august recess. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/195 "2023-07-27T20:58:02Z")
I read some transcripts of Trump at a trail. “I plead the 5th” was all he said. He is not completely as dumb as you lot think he is. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/196 "2023-07-27T21:00:42Z")
> [@The\_Librarian](#): > > He is not completely as dumb as you lot think he is. He’s able to walk and talk at the same time, so I guess not. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/197 "2023-07-27T21:07:03Z")
> [@The\_Librarian](#): > > He is not completely as dumb as you lot think he is. He _couldn’t_ be. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/198 "2023-07-27T21:27:46Z")
from cnn: > Earlier Thursday, a meeting between former President Donald Trump’s defense lawyers and Smith concluded without the former president’s team getting any guidance about timing of a possible indictment, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. They were asking Smith to delay any possible indictment for a couple of weeks. They got nothing. Nada. Zip. No guidance one way or the other. I hope Jack Smith just stared at them without saying anything at all until they finally got the point and left. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/199 "2023-07-27T21:34:32Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > congress has also left for the august recess. August recess. The fuck? Who here gets that at their job? Plus, these assholes get paid tons with sweet benefits. Get back to work, assholes. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/200 "2023-07-27T21:44:19Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > August recess. The fuck? Who here gets that at their job? Plus, these assholes get paid tons with sweet benefits. Get back to work, assholes. Their job is to represent their state. That requires that they spend some time in their state, talking to people, so that they know what sorts of things need doing at the Federal level. The recess gives them a chance to go around and concentrate on coming up-to-date with the needs of their electorate. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/201 "2023-07-27T21:47:59Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > The recess gives them a chance to go around and concentrate on coming up-to-date with the needs of their electorate. I think you misspelled “…a chance to attend campaign fundraisers and suck up to wealthy donors.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455.md?page=11)