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13. Smith integrated almost seamlessly into what was described as a 'fast-moving investigation'

...he managed that feat because of the over 20 Garland prosecutors he inherited, and the evidence Garland's team had already obtained which was more than what Mueller began with at the start of his own term.

Garland not only defended most of the evidence in the indictments for years in myriad, successive courts packed with trump and republican nominated judges and justices, he successfully fought (for nearly a year, throughout his appointment of Smith) to have the privileges removed of ALL of the KEY witnesses in the indictments who were top aides and attorneys to force their testimony before the grand juries who recommended the charges.

receipts:


https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/28/us/politics/trump-investigation-thomas-windom.html


https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/11/politics/jack-smith-special-counsel-high-profile-moves-trump-criminal-investigations/index.html



From Mike Pence to ‘fake’ electors, here’s who has testified to the January 6 grand jury or met with prosecutors
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/11/politics/grand-jury-testimony-list-january-6-trump/index.html