Dem probes could torture young Trump officials with crushing legal bills, subpoenaed conservative warns
Repeated calls by Democratic lawmakers to investigate President Donald Trump and his allies are raising concerns from a conservative organization previously subpoenaed during former Biden-appointed special counsel Jack Smith’s 2020 election investigation.And one of its leaders is warning that young professionals could face reputational damage and steep legal bills.Rachel Bovard, vice president of programs at the Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI), said Smith's investigation left her organization on the hook for millions of dollars in fees to ensure compliance with the subpoenas.HOUSE DEMS PLOT TRUMP INVESTIGATION BLITZ IF THEY SEIZE MAJORITY"Jack Smith was a test run in how to do this," Bovard told Fox News Digital."Jack Smith basically went in crazy, subpoenaed a host of information across the right.
His goal was to map the right, and he did it.And all of that information is still on file at the FBI and the Justice Department.
It doesn't go away, so it's sitting there waiting for the next Dem administration to pick it up, and we expect that's what they'll do with it."Though CPI was targeted by the Biden Justice Department and not Congress, Bovard said she fears Democrats will follow what she described as Smith's playbook if they win control of Congress in the midterm elections.Sen.Slotkin said she wanted to send a "deterrence message" to young professionals seeking to work in the Trump administration.
(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)The concerns come after Sen.Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., stated during an event earlier this month at the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics that she wants Democrats to send a "deterrence message" to any young person considering working in the Trump administration.
Slotkin said she wants to "not just focus on the president, but on the people who enabled him.""They literally just want to use the government as a political weapon, which is exactly what Jack Smith also did to a...