Jack Smith’s Team Is Already Preparing for Trump’s ‘Retribution’ – Rolling Stone

<a  href="https://www.rollingstone.com/t/donald-trump/"  id="auto-tag_donald-trump"  data-tag="donald-trump"  >Donald Trump</a> was elected to a second term on a promise to exact his &ldquo;retribution.&rdquo; So it&rsquo;s no wonder that federal investigators and others who worked with Special Counsel <a  href="https://www.rollingstone.com/t/jack-smith/"  id="auto-tag_jack-smith"  data-tag="jack-smith"  >Jack Smith</a>&rsquo;s office are taking the president-elect at his word.<br>    According to two sources with knowledge of the matter and a former <a  href="https://www.rollingstone.com/t/justice-department/"  id="auto-tag_justice-department"  data-tag="justice-department"  >Justice Department</a> official, several attorneys and staffers who were on the special counsel&rsquo;s Justice Department team, or had done work for its criminal investigations into Trump, have already sought legal counsel or retained personal lawyers &mdash; in case the former and now future president and his incoming administration <a  href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/donald-trump-jack-smith-indictment-jan6-justice-department-1234800968/"  >follow through</a> on his desire to probe or <a  href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-letitia-james-new-york-fraud-election-interference-1234994916/"  >even prosecute</a> his enemies.&nbsp;<br>     In less than a month, Trump will be inaugurated in Washington, D.C., for his second term in the Oval Office. He plans to mold much of the Department of Justice and FBI into a subsidiary of his own interests, and has suggested using these instruments to retaliate against those investigating him.     <div class="admz" id="adm-inline-article-ad-1">                     <div class="adma boomerang" data-device="Desktop" data-width="300">                  <div style="min-width:50px;min-height:75px;"   class="pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text"   data-priority="10" >    <div id="gpt-dsk-tab-article-inbody-uid0"       class="adw-300 adh-250" data-is-adhesion-ad="">         <script type="application/javascript">

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