“Jack Smith’s prosecutorial team is a freight train barreling down the tracks at full speed, with one destination in mind: Applying the law and the facts to the person or persons atop the chain of command on January 6th….

“From the evidence amassed by the House January 6th Committee and the public reporting about Smith’s investigation, we know that a trial against Trump in Washington is unlikely to come out well for him. He understands that the best he can do is derail the train by winning the 2024 election.

“Keeping that from happening is not Jack Smith’s job. It’s ours.” 

—Dennis Aftergut​, “Giuliani’s Proffer Is Bad News for Trump”

^{Dennis Aftergut is a former federal prosecutor, currently Of Counsel, Lawyers for American Democracy​}