“federal offices”
The commanders of Blackhawk in Iraq were “hired guns”. Nobody considered them to be federal officers.
One could say Jack Smith is a “hired gun”.
At the worst, the DoJ would have to refile paperwork and Jack Smith would have to repay Uncle Sam.
Chief Justice ‘it’s a tax’ Roberts isn’t going to want to waste Supreme Court time over Jack Smith’s lucrative payment arrangements.
Judges don’t like their time wasted on trivialities.
The big problems are:
1. Republican presidential candidate Trump is being tied up over legal BS, and
2. the politically motivated searches done by New York to dig up charges against Trump violated his Amendment IV right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.
Blackhawk in Iraq? Are you referring to the USG security contractors that provided protective services for our diplomatic missions and staff? Blackwater? They were just contractors. No relation to Smith’s position or duties. Garland appointed him as SC without Senate approval. Rest assured, Smith won’t have to repay any money back to Uncle Sam.
The removal of Smith is more than just refilling paperwork. The Special Cousel must be approved by the Senate. You have the begin the whole process again, including grand juries. It will take years to resurrect these cases. And Cannon can just dismiss the case in favor of Trump.
The whole objective was to have a trial before the election. The only one that was completed was the Bragg bookkeeping case that involved talking misdemeanors that were beyond the statute of limitations and attaching them to a federal election violation, which isn’t under NY State purview. Dershowitz called it the worst case he has ever seen in over 60 years as a law professor and lawyer. It is a joke.