"Lawyers for Jack Smith, the former special counsel who investigated Donald J. Trump, have struck back for the first time against some of the accusations conservatives have leveled against him, denouncing an ethics complaint as 'imaginary and unfounded.' For months, Mr. Smith has remained silent as the president and some of his senior advisers, including top Justice Department officials, publicly attacked him, accusing Mr. Smith of engaging in wrongdoing for overseeing two criminal inquiries and indictments of Mr. Trump."
"The investigations involved whether Mr. Trump mishandled classified documents after he left office as well as his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. On Monday, Mr. Smith's legal team sent a letter to the Office of Special Counsel, which has no affiliation with Mr. Smith's former position. The Office of Special Counsel conducts ethics investigations of government employees,"
A trip to Chicago included attending a Council meeting for the ABA Section on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, where accreditation goals and values were adopted. A Labor Day weekend in New York City included tennis matches, a baseball game, and visits to new Upper West Side yoga studios. The September posting was presented as a 'First Monday Edition' despite falling on the second Monday. The top-ten headlines overview begins with Jack Smith's legal team responding to an ethics complaint, calling it 'imaginary and unfounded.' The letter to the Office of Special Counsel defended Smith's conduct amid public attacks related to investigations into classified documents and 2020 election efforts.
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