Special Counsel Jack Smith reportedly stared down former President Donald Trump throughout the entirety of Trump’s arraignment in Miami on Tuesday.

Hugo Lowell of The Guardian and other journalists reported that Smith sat in the front row during Trump’s arraignment on federal charges related to his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House in 2021 and “stared towards the former president for essentially the entire appearance.”

Attorney General Merrick Garland selected Smith to lead the Department of Justice’s investigation into Trump’s handling of sensitive documents and his efforts to alter the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

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In just a few short months, Trump became the first former president to ever be indicted on any charges when he was charged in New York over his alleged role in the payment of hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels. He has already led a historic investigation. Last week, Trump became the first former president to ever be indicted on federal charges.

Regarding his handling of the documents and his alleged attempts to thwart the government’s efforts to reacquire them, Trump is charged with 37 felonies. He has entered a not-guilty plea.

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“Adherence to the rule of law is a bedrock principle of the Department of Justice and our nation’s commitment to the rule of law sets an example for the world,” Mr Smith told reporters at a press conference last Friday. “We have one set of laws in this country and they apply to everyone.”

Trump has not taken kindly to Smith’s efforts. Shortly before his arraignment, he took to Truth Social to call the special counsel a “thug.”

“This is the Thug, over turned consistently and unanimously in big cases, that Biden and his CORRUPT Injustice Department stuck on me,” the former president wrote. “He’s a Radical Right Lunatic and Trump Hater, as are all his friends and family, who probably “planted” information in the “boxes” given to them. They taint everything that they touch, including our Country, which is rapidly going to HELL!”