'Smacks of retaliation': Weissmann on DOJ's investigation into Jack Smith

So many of you have heard that the Trump administration is going to be investigating Jack Smith uh out of the office of special counsel. That is not to be confused with the special counselss that are created like special counsel Mueller who I worked for, special counsel Jack Smith, but it's a separate agency called the office of special counsel and its remit is the Hatch Act. And the Hatch Act is a civil statute that prohibits uh certain members of the federal government from engaging in political activity ...