One of the veteran attorneys advising particular counsel Jack Smith in his prosecution of former President Donald Trump has donated hundreds of {dollars} to Democrat politicians, together with President Joe Biden.
David Rody left his position as a associate on the Sidley Austin regulation agency in 2022 to affix the Department of Justice (DOJ) as a senior counsel within the prison division. Now, he’s serving to advise Smith, who has indicted Trump twice for his alleged efforts to problem the 2020 election and his dealing with of White House paperwork.
Interestingly, Rody is a Democrat donor who donated $5,600 to Biden in 2020 and almost $7,000 to different Democrat causes from 2018 to 2022.
As the Washington Examiner detailed:
Rody, who beforehand led investigations associated to bribery, fraud, obstruction of justice, and different federal crimes, was head of the Violent Crimes unit within the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. In June, he additionally steered $1,000 to the marketing campaign for Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), who was lead counsel within the first impeachment inquiry towards Trump, disclosures present.
He additionally gave $500 in 2019 to the failed-presidential marketing campaign for now-Vice President Kamala Harris and $2,250 mixed to Sen. Cory Booker’s (D-NJ) presidential and Senate reelection campaigns, in line with disclosures.
“Jack Smith and his gang of henchmen are dishonest, partisan hacks acting as enforcers for Joe Biden and the Democrat Party,” Karoline Leavitt, spokesperson for the Make America Great Again Inc. PAC, said. “It’s no surprise that several of his prosecutors are Biden donors.”
Special Counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on a just lately unsealed indictment towards former President Donald Trump on the Justice Department on June 9, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Karen Gilbert, one other lead lawyer on Smith’s workforce, can be a Biden and former President Barack Obama donor, the Examiner reported.
Further, Smith’s spouse is a Biden donor and helped produce a documentary about Michelle Obama.
As Breitbart News reported:
Federal Election Commission data present that Smith’s spouse, Katy Chevigny, contributed $1,000 every to Biden’s 2020 marketing campaign, Biden for President, and the Biden Victory Fund tremendous PAC, on September 9, 2020. Moreover, she donated $150 to the Friends of Rashida Tlaib committee in July 2008 when Tlaib was working for the Michigan House of Representatives within the state’s Twelfth District.
Trump was indicted by a Washington, DC, grand jury on Tuesday on 4 counts: conspiracy to defraud the U.S., conspiracy to hinder an official continuing, obstruction and try to hinder an official continuing, and conspiracy towards rights, all in relation to the January 6 Capitol riots.
On Thursday, Trump appeared in federal court docket in D.C. and entered a not-guilty plea. After his arraignment, Trump declared, “This is a persecution of a political opponent.”
U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan will preside over the particular counsel’s newest trial towards Trump. Chutkan, appointed by Obama, donated to former President Barack Obama’s 2008 election and 2012 reelection campaigns, as Breitbart News reported.
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Jordan Dixon-Hamilton is a reporter for Breitbart News. Write to him at jdixonhamilton@breitbart.com or observe him on Twitter.
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