# 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:** 5
**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 18, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/82 "2023-07-18T13:38:42Z")
Current reporting is that Trump has Twuthed that he has received a target letter from Smith’s team and has been given 4 days to make his arrangements to surrender to the court to face indictments. No idea yet what charges are coming. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/83 "2023-07-18T13:47:30Z")
And that’s the twuth! [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/Fu4YS0X.png "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/Fu4YS0X) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/84 "2023-07-18T13:52:04Z")
He’s taking this well… ---
**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 18, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/85 "2023-07-18T13:52:14Z")
Thank you! I can’t bring myself to go there. You’re performing an important service for us all! ---
**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 18, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/86 "2023-07-18T13:58:11Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > and has been given 4 days to make his arrangements to surrender to the court to face indictments. Let me correct this bit of misinformation. He’s been given 4 days to appear before the grand jury to offer his testimony to give his side of the story. He’s not likely to make any such appearance, and indictments will follow shortly after this window to testify closes. ---
**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 18, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/87 "2023-07-18T13:59:57Z")
O frabjous day! ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/88 "2023-07-18T14:00:51Z")
Great news! (Too bad all we have is Trump’s word for it. Ha ha.) ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/89 "2023-07-18T14:06:26Z")
I didn’t realize there were two twuths. This one is even cwazier! [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/0UOnPaw.png "Imgur: The magic of the Internet") ](https://imgur.com/0UOnPaw) ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/90 "2023-07-18T14:15:26Z")
I’m not sure, but I think the words, “kitchen sink,” are missing in there. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/91 "2023-07-18T14:25:25Z")
I’d like to know if others received target letters such as Rudy or Meadows. Perhaps we won’t know until the indictment(s) are announced because the others may have the sense to keep their yaps shut. Let’s assume Orangeanus gets indicted in the next week, maybe arraigned in the last week of July. How fast would the DC federal court move on it compared to South Florida? Would it be possible for him to be tried simultaneously? Say a few days trial in Florida, a few days in DC? ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/92 "2023-07-18T14:30:38Z")
Just an FYI … it IS being reported by the MSM: > **[Special counsel informs Trump he is target in probe of efforts to overturn...](https://www.yahoo.com/gma/special-counsel-informs-trump-target-132700591.html)** > > Special counsel Jack Smith has informed former President Trump that he is a target in his investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, say sources. [cue theme from “Jaws”] ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/93 "2023-07-18T14:35:38Z")
Man I can’t WAIT to read that indictment. I’ll say it again, Smith is a clod-blooded legal assassin. Trump is gonna get ninja’d. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/94 "2023-07-18T14:40:28Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > Smith is a clod-blooded He should maybe get that looked at! ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/95 "2023-07-18T14:52:57Z")
Damn! I bow in abject apology before the Great Man, Smith… ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/96 "2023-07-18T15:01:55Z")
Historians may well regard Jack Smith as the man who saved democracy. ---
**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 18, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/97 "2023-07-18T15:08:36Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I’d like to know if others received target letters such as Rudy or Meadows. Perhaps we won’t know until the indictment(s) are announced because the others may have the sense to keep their yaps shut. Well, they’re lawyers who have probably counseled hundreds of defendants to keep their mouths shut while facing charges. Presumably they know enough to take their own advice. > [@BobLibDem](#): > > Let’s assume Orangeanus gets indicted in the next week, maybe arraigned in the last week of July. How fast would the DC federal court move on it compared to South Florida? Would it be possible for him to be tried simultaneously? Say a few days trial in Florida, a few days in DC? I think the DC court will move things along at a much more recognizable pace. Which isn’t to mean it will go fast. It really depends on how far-reaching the case will be. If charged as a conspiracy (likely), there will be a lot of moving parts that will slow things down. Re simultaneous trials, no. Trial dates will be coordinated between courts and agencies. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/98 "2023-07-18T15:26:55Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Presumably they know enough to take their own advice. This may be over-optimistic when it comes to Rudy… ---
**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 18, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/99 "2023-07-18T15:27:24Z")
LOL, a fair point, for sure! ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/100 "2023-07-18T15:29:30Z")
Are we now entering the FO phase? About time! Git 'im, Jack! ---
**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 18, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/101 "2023-07-18T15:33:10Z")
after dealing with serbians, trump is a walk in a kiddie pool. the summer is heating up. the jan 6th trial should be faster than the documents. i don’t believe they will need security clearances. how was this delivered on a sunday evening? was it hand delivered? [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=4) [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=6)