Days after Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas called for an investigation of former special counsel Jack Smith, it has begun.
On Saturday, the Office of Special Counsel confirmed it was looking into a potential violation of the Hatch Act, which bans politics on the job for federal workers, according to The New York Times.
The New York Post said it has seen an email from Senior Counsel Charles Baldis at the Office of Special Counsel saying it was reviewing the possibility of Hatch Act violations by Smith.
These actions were not standard, necessary, or justified. They were the actions of a political actor masquerading as a public official.
That’s why I’ve asked this unprecedented interference in the 2024 election be immediately investigated by OSC. https://t.co/5cirJoPz7P
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) July 30, 2025
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Sorry I am not impressed with an internal DOJ inquiry into whether Jack Smith violated the Hatch Act to interfere in the 2024 election.
I covered those thugs and both cases against the president more than anyone on this side—and I want handcuffs.
Not for election interference but criminal charges for systematically abusing their power to deny the president and his associates their constitutional rights.
Evidence was mishandled and destroyed in documents case. They threatened attorneys and witnesses. They completely made up the obstruction charges, finally admitting they didn’t know if the boxes that had been moved contained the bullsh*t “classified” papers Trump allegedly had. And God only knows what they pulled in closed door hearings.
Smith criminalized routine communication between executive branch officials in Jan 6 case until the Supreme Court stopped him. Two of the four counts in the indictment related to 1512c2 which SCOTUS also overturned.
He successfully imposed a gag order on the president and others involved in the case. And his top prosecutor, Tom Windom, had his dirty fingerprints on the case from the start leading all the way back to Biden DOJ and White House.
A grand jury not Office of Special Counsel probe. FBI raids not gentlemanly exchanges over process and privilege.
When they suffer what people like Jeff did—then we’re getting somewhere. Until then, it’s all a paper exercise.
Sorry I am not impressed with an internal DOJ inquiry into whether Jack Smith violated the Hatch Act to interfere in the 2024 election.
I covered those thugs and both cases against the president more than anyone on this side—and I want handcuffs.
Not for election interference… https://t.co/dsch0q4vjY
— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) August 2, 2025