Jack Smith

Person

The special counsel prosecuting Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity is seen as a major setback for his case.


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Last Updated

9/21/2025, 4:09:00 AM

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Summary

Jack Smith, whose full name is John Luman Smith, is an American attorney currently serving as a Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice. Appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland on November 18, 2022, he is notably involved in high-profile investigations and prosecutions of former President Donald Trump, including those related to the January 6th Capitol Riot, Trump's interactions with figures like Mike Pence, and allegations of wrongfully maintaining classified documents. Smith's extensive prosecutorial career, which began in 1994, includes roles as an assistant U.S. attorney, acting U.S. attorney, and head of the Public Integrity Section, as well as serving as the chief prosecutor at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers. The Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity has direct implications for his ongoing prosecution of Donald Trump.

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Extracted Attributes
  • Born

    1969-06-05

  • Spouse

    Katy Chevigny

  • Hobbies

    Competitive triathlete (completed over 100 triathlons and at least 9 Ironman competitions)

  • Children

    1 daughter

  • Education

    Harvard Law School

  • Full Name

    John Luman Smith

  • Known For

    Prosecution of Donald Trump, Chief Prosecutor at Kosovo Specialist Chambers

  • Residence

    Washington, D.C., U.S. (as of December 2022)

  • Occupation

    American attorney, Special Counsel, Prosecutor

  • Appointed by (Special Counsel)

    Merrick Garland

Timeline
  • Born as John Luman Smith. (Source: web_search_results)

    1969-06-05

  • Began his prosecutorial career as an assistant district attorney in the Manhattan district attorney's office. (Source: web_search_results)

    1994

  • Began serving as the head of the Department of Justice's Public Integrity Section. (Source: web_search_results)

    2010

  • Married documentary filmmaker Katy Chevigny. (Source: web_search_results)

    2011-07

  • Accepted a post with the federal prosecutor's office in Nashville, Tennessee. (Source: web_search_results)

    2015

  • Concluded his service as head of the Department of Justice's Public Integrity Section. (Source: web_search_results)

    2015

  • Began serving as Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. (Source: web_search_results)

    2017-03-14

  • Concluded his service as Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. (Source: web_search_results)

    2017-09-21

  • Left the federal prosecutor's office for a private health care company after being passed over for a permanent appointment under the Trump administration. (Source: web_search_results)

    2017

  • Took up a post as the chief prosecutor of war crime allegations in the 1990s Kosovo conflict at The Hague. (Source: web_search_results)

    2018

  • Appointed Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice by Attorney General Merrick Garland. (Source: web_search_results)

    2022-11-18

  • Moved to Washington, D.C. from the Netherlands. (Source: web_search_results)

    2022-12

  • Prosecuting Donald Trump regarding the January 6th Capitol Riot and his interactions with Mike Pence. (Source: related_documents)

    Ongoing

  • Investigating Donald Trump for allegedly wrongfully maintaining classified documents. (Source: web_search_results)

    Ongoing

  • Scheduled end of term as Special Counsel. (Source: web_search_results)

    2025-01-10

Jack Smith

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  • Jack Smith (film director) - Wikipedia

    Jack Smith (November 14, 1932 – September 18, 1989) was an American filmmaker, actor, and pioneer of underground cinema. He is generally acclaimed as a founding father of American performance art, and has been critically recognized as a master photographer. ## Life and career [edit&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Life and career")] Smith was raised in Texas, where he made his first film, Buzzards over Baghdad, in 1952. He moved to New York City in 1953. [...] Edit links From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American filmmaker (1932–1989) | Jack Smith | | --- | | | | | Born | (1932-11-14)November 14, 1932 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. | | Died | September 18, 1989(1989-09-18) (aged 56) New York City, U.S. | | Occupation(s) | Filmmaker, actor, photographer | | Known for | Flaming Creatures (1963) | [...] 1932 births 1989 deaths Male actors from Columbus, Ohio American experimental filmmakers American LGBTQ film directors LGBTQ people from Ohio LGBTQ people from Texas AIDS-related deaths in New York (state) "Category:AIDS-related deaths in New York (state)") 20th-century American male actors Hidden categories:

  • Jack Smith - Biography - IMDb

    Award-winning journalist Jack Smith, the son of broadcast news pioneer Howard K. Smith, was born in Paris and raised in London and Washington. Following his military service, he joined ABC News in the 1970s and served as a reporter for "World News Tonight," "This Week With David Brinkley," and "Good Morning America." Over the years he also hosted programs for The Learning Channel and A & E. He won two Emmy Awards and [...] Back Biography Awards Trivia IMDbPro # Biography ## Jack Smith Edit ### Overview Born April 25, 1945 · Paris, France Died April 7, 2004 · Greenbrae, California, USA (pancreatic cancer) Birth name Jack Prescott Smith ### Biography [...] Son of former ABC TV news anchor and correspondent Howard K. Smith. Served in the US Army's 7th Cavalry in the Vietnam War. Awarded a Bronze Star and Purple Heart in connection with his Vietnam war service. Was fluent in English, French, Danish, and German Fought in the battle of the Ia Drang valley, which was portrayed in the movie "We Were Soldiers" and survived despite his company suffering 93% casualties. ### Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content

  • Jack Smith (lawyer) - Wikipedia

    John Luman Smith (born June 5, 1969) is an American attorney who has served in the United States Department of Justice as an assistant U.S. attorney, acting U.S. attorney, and head of the department's Public Integrity Section. He was also the chief prosecutor at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, an international tribunal at The Hague tasked with investigating and prosecuting war crimes in the Kosovo War. He served as a Special Counsel for the Department of Justice from November 18, 2022 until his [...] Smith is a competitive triathlete, having taken up swimming when he was in his mid-thirties. He has completed more than 100 triathlons and at least nine Ironman competitions around the world. In July 2011, he married Katy Chevigny, a documentary filmmaker known for Becoming "Becoming (2020 documentary film)"), a 2020 documentary about Michelle Obama. They have a daughter. The couple lived in the Netherlands starting in 2018, before moving to Washington, D.C. in December 2022, shortly after [...] | Jack Smith | | --- | | Smith in 2023 | | | | | | Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice | | | In office November 18, 2022 – January 10, 2025 | | | Appointed by | Merrick Garland | | United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee | | | Acting March 14, 2017 – September 21, 2017 | | | President | Donald Trump | | Preceded by | David Rivera "David Rivera (attorney)") | | Succeeded by | Donald Q. Cochran | | | | | Personal details | |

  • Jack Smith: The special counsel investigating Donald Trump - BBC

    Skip to content Watch Live Advertisement # Jack Smith: The special counsel investigating Donald Trump Sam Cabral BBC News, Washington DC Watch: Smith charges Trump with conspiracy to defraud US He has been involved with two separate criminal investigations into a former American president, but Jack Smith is no stranger to bringing high-stakes cases. Over the past two decades, Mr Smith, 54, has pursued public officials in the US and abroad - with a mixed record of success. [...] A Harvard Law School graduate, he began his prosecutorial career in 1994 as an assistant district attorney in the Manhattan district attorney's office. Over the next decade, he climbed up the ranks of the US attorney's office in Brooklyn, where he pursued violent gangs, white-collar fraudsters and public corruption cases. [...] In 2015, Mr Smith accepted a post with the federal prosecutor's office in Nashville, Tennessee, so he could be closer to family. He left in 2017 for a private health care company after being passed over for a permanent appointment under the Trump administration. By 2018, he was back at The Hague where he took up a post as the court's chief prosecutor of war crime allegations in the 1990s Kosovo conflict.

  • FACT SHEET: Jack Smith – A Record That Speaks for Itself

    Special Counsel Jack Smith, tapped by Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate former President Donald Trump for allegedly wrongfully maintaining classified documents in his residence – a fairly common practice other U.S. Attorneys General have refused to prosecute – has a troubling record of failed, botched, and/or suspect prosecutions against prominent public figures. ## HIS RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF: [...] From 2010 to 2015, Smith served under Obama’s Attorney General Eric Holder, leading the DOJ’s Public Integrity Section. The Obama Administration set in motion Democrats’ Coup against Trump from Day One of his presidency. (Excerpt from Lee Smith’s book, October 2019, “The Plot Against the President: The True Story of How Congressman Devin Nunes Uncovered the Biggest Political Scandal in U.S. History”).

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Jack Brown, Whitehouse, Smith County, Texas, 75791, United States

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