{"id":287269,"date":"2025-10-15T18:04:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T17:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/former-special-counsel-jack-smith-defends-trump-prosecutions\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T17:04:56","slug":"former-special-counsel-jack-smith-defends-trump-prosecutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/former-special-counsel-jack-smith-defends-trump-prosecutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Former special counsel Jack Smith defends Trump prosecutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/jyimzFeATnU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Former special counsel Jack Smith defends Trump prosecutions\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jyimzFeATnU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Former special counsel Jack Smith, whose historic prosecution of Donald Trump was upended by the president\u2019s reelection last year, insisted that the pair of criminal cases he brought against Trump were untainted by politics. 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